Peter Heather

Funny 20-year period in Britain where it's outside the Roman Empire, but still very Roman in character.

They clear off in 40910 into Spain.

Wow, they're on the move.

And they divide Spain up between themselves.

Everything except the very northeastern corner.

So the vast majority of the Iberian Peninsula, they divide up amongst themselves.

Yes, that's right.

And the thing is made worse by the fact that the Goths, who'd made the treaty in the Balkans in 382, also go into revolt, and they move into Italy in 408.

They now march up through... Yeah, they want a deal.

They want a better deal.

They've been frozen out of the political establishment of the Eastern Empire.

The West is obviously in trouble.

They can see they can get a better deal from that.

And this is Alaric who moves into Italy.

And then he gets lots of reinforcements from the leftovers of Radagaisis' attack.

They're still there.

And they substantially increase Alaric's force.

So we end up with two big new barbarian coalitions that have been created.

Alaric's in Italy, and then this emerging Vandal-Allen coalition in Spain.

Yes, it does.