visigoth

• Sustantivo que designa a un miembro de la rama occidental de los godos, que saquearon Roma y fundaron un reino en la actual España y el sur de Francia.

A noun referring to a member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and established a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France.

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1. Historical Germanic tribeC1formal

   A member of the western branch of the Goths, an East Germanic people, who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and later established a kingdom in Gaul and Hispania.

   visigodo

   • The Visigoths famously sacked Rome in 410 AD under their king Alaric.
   • After leaving Italy, the Visigoths settled in southern Gaul and later founded a powerful kingdom in Spain.
   • The Visigothic kingdom in Hispania lasted until the early 8th century when it was conquered by the Umayyad Caliphate.