The Influence Of The Visigoths

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The Visigoths were a Germanic tribe of fierce warriors who settled upon the frontier of the Roman Empire. After making contact with the Huns the Visigoths took upon themselves to attack and strike the Rome Empire in 378 A.D. The route they choose to invade went through Greece, putting them against the Roman Army once they reached Adrianople. The Visigoths then did what one other German Tribe had ever done before and that was to defeat a Roman army in this Battle of Adrianople, thus showing how weak the Roman army had become. Moreover, in time to come afterwards they continued westward into the heart of Italy to the great city of Rome where they succeeded in doing something that had not been done in almost 800 years they invaded, sacked and

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