Germanic Kingdoms: Suebi and Visigoths:, in The, Is A Roman From The 1st Century CE

Romans first invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 219 BC.
The Carthaginians, Rome's adversary in

the Punic Wars, were expelled from their coastal colonies. During the last days of Julius Caesar,
almost the entire peninsula was annexed to the Roman Republic.
The Roman conquest of what is now part of Portugal took almost two hundred years and took many
lives of young soldiers and the lives of those who were sentenced to a certain death in the slave
mines when not sold as slaves to other parts of the empire. It suffered a severe setback in 155 BC,
when a rebellion began in the north. The Lusitanians and other native tribes, under the leadership
of Viriathus, wrested control of all of western Iberia.
Centum Cellas, in the Beira region, is a Roman villa rustica from the 1st century CE.
Rome sent numerous legions and its best generals to Lusitania to quell the rebellion, but to no avail
– the Lusitanians kept conquering territory. The Roman leaders decided to change their strategy.
They bribed Viriathus's allies to kill him. In 139 BC, Viriathus was assassinated
and Tautalus became leader of the Lusitanians.
Rome installed a colonial regime. The complete Romanization of Lusitania only took place in
the Visigothic era.
In 27 BC, Lusitania gained the status of Roman province. Later, a northern province of Lusitania was
formed, known as Gallaecia, with capital in Bracara Augusta, today's Braga. There are still many
ruins of castros (hill forts) throughout modern Portugal and remains of the Castro culture. Some
urban remains are quite large, like Conímbriga and Mirobriga. The former, beyond being one of the
largest Roman settlements in Portugal, is also classified as a National Monument. Conímbriga lies
16 kilometres (9.9 miles) from Coimbra, which in turn was the ancient Aeminium. The site also has a
museum that displays objects found by archaeologists during their excavations.
Several works of engineering, such as baths, temples, bridges, roads, circuses, theatres and
laymen's homes are preserved throughout the country. Coins, some coined in Lusitanian land, as
well as numerous pieces of ceramics, were also found. Contemporary historians include Paulus
Orosius (c. 375–418)[32] and Hydatius (c. 400–469), bishop of Aquae Flaviae, who reported on the
final years of the Roman rule and arrival of the Germanic tribes.
Germanic kingdoms: Suebi and Visigoths[edit]

Map of the Kingdom of the Suebi in the 5th and 6th centuries
Visigothic kingdom in Iberia c.560
In the early 5th century, Germanic tribes, namely the Suebi[33] and the Vandals (Silingi and Hasdingi)

together with their allies, the Sarmatians and Alans invaded the Iberian Peninsula where they would
form their kingdom. The Kingdom of the Suebi was the Germanic post-Roman kingdom, established
in the former Roman provinces of Gallaecia-Lusitania. 5th-century vestiges of Alan settlements were
found in Alenquer (from old Germanic Alan kerk, temple of the Alans), Coimbra and Lisbon.[34]
About 410 and during the 6th century it became a formally declared Kingdom of the Suebi,[35] where
king Hermeric made a peace treaty with the Gallaecians before passing his domains to Rechila, his
son. In 448 Rechila died, leaving the state in expansion to Rechiar. After the defeat against the
Visigoths, the Suebian kingdom was divided, with Frantan and Aguiulfo ruling simultaneously. Both
reigned from 456 to 457, the year in which Maldras (457–459) reunified the kingdom to finish being
assassinated after a failed Roman-Visigothic conspiracy. Although the conspiracy did not achieve its
true purposes, the Suebian Kingdom was again divided between two kings: Frumar (Frumario 459–
463) and Remismund (Remismundo, son of Maldras) (459–469) who would re-reunify his father's
kingdom in 463 and that he would be forced to adopt Arianism in 465 due to the Visigoth influence.
By the year 500, the Visigothic Kingdom had been installed in Iberia, it was based in Toledo and
advancing westwards. They became a threat to the Suebian rule. After the death of Remismund in
469 a dark period set in, where virtually all written texts and accounts disappear. This period lasted
until 550. The only thing known about this period is that Theodemund (Teodemundo) most probably
ruled the Suebians. The dark period ended with the reign of Karriarico (550–559) who
reinstalled Catholic Christianity in 550. He was succeed by Theodemar (559–570) during whose
reign the 1st Council of Braga (561) was held.

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Romans first invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 219 BC.

The Carthaginians, Rome's adversary in

Germanic kingdoms: Suebi and Visigoths[edit]

Visigothic kingdom in Iberia c.560

In the early 5th century, Germanic tribes, namely the Suebi[33] and the Vandals (Silingi and Hasdingi)

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