On this day (19 July, 711 CE), the Battle of Guadalete was fought between the Christian Visigoths of Hispania under King Roderic and the Umayyad Caliphate under the military commander Tariq bin Ziyad. The Battle of Guadalete was the first major battle of the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. The two armies met at the battlefield …
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Main cities, resources and roads in Roman Hispania.
Main cities, resources and roads in Roman Hispania.
Barbarian invasions in Hispania after the fall of the Western…
Barbarian invasions in Hispania after the fall of the Western Roman Empire