The Apogee of the Kingdom of the Suebi

The History of Spain Podcast

This is episode 12 called The Apogee of the Kingdom of the Suebi and in this episode you will learn:
SHOW NOTES
- The situation of Hispania and Italy after the Vandals had left Hispania for North Africa
- How weak the foundations of the Kingdom of the Suebi under King Hermeric were
- The peak of the bagaudae groups in Gaul and Hispania and the expansion of the Vandal Kingdom
- The ambitious Suebic campaign of King Rechila to conquer Lusitania and Baetica
- How the Suebic control actually worked in those provinces
- The progressive emotional disconnection between the Hispano-Romans and the Western Roman Empire as Valentinian's III expeditions failed
- The firsts of King Rechiar: first Catholic Germanic king and the issue of coins
- Why the Visigoths and the Suebi briefly sealed an alliance
- How the threat of the Huns ended their alliance
- How King Rechiar took advantage of the weakness of the Empire to invade Hispania Carthaginensis and Tarraconensis
- How the Visigoths decisively crushed the Suebi in 456 and caused the disintegration of the kingdom