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The Suebian Kingdom: How a Germanic power rose in Gallaecia, challenged Rome, and fell to the Visigoths
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
They came to Hispania as migrants. They built a kingdom. Then they faced the power that would erase their independence.
The Suebian Kingdom tells the remarkable story of a Germanic people who entered Hispania in 407 AD and established a lasting kingdom in Gallaecia.
Few people know how dramatically the Suebi transformed from survivors of migration into a powerful regional force. From their settlement at Bracara, their fortunes changed through warfare, diplomacy, rebellion, religious transformation, and royal ambition.
Follow the Suebi as they survive the destruction of rival peoples, withstand Roman and Gothic pressure, and rise under Rechila. Watch as Emerita, Myrtilis, Lusitania, and Hispalis fall during a period of astonishing expansion. Then witness how Rechiar's aggressive policies bring the kingdom toward isolation and disaster.
But conquest was only part of the story.
The kingdom fractures after Rechiar's death, struggles through rival rulers, and eventually reunites under Resismund. Its religious identity changes from paganism to Arian Christianity and finally toward Chalcedonian Christianity, with Martin of Braga playing an important role in this transformation.
What you're about to discover will change how you see the turbulent history of Hispania. You'll encounter the political struggles that shaped the Suebi, the rulers who carried their kingdom through its greatest triumphs and darkest crises, and the forces that eventually brought their independence to an end.
The book also follows the long silence after Hydatius's writings ended in 469, when roughly eighty years of Suebian history became difficult to trace, before the kingdom reappeared in the surviving record.
Whether you're fascinated by ancient kingdoms, Germanic peoples, Roman Hispania, medieval history, or the rise and fall of forgotten powers, The Suebian Kingdom offers a compelling journey through a kingdom whose story deserves to be remembered.
Ready to uncover the rise, struggles, and final fate of the Suebi? Get your copy today and enter the world of Gallaecia.
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