Professor Peter Heather

north of the Black Sea, but that destabilization then destabilizes things in Central Europe, which is why we have loads of islands there to make this alliance. And they all cross into Southern Gaul in 406. They cross into Spain, it looks, in 409.

north of the Black Sea, but that destabilization then destabilizes things in Central Europe, which is why we have loads of islands there to make this alliance. And they all cross into Southern Gaul in 406. They cross into Spain, it looks, in 409.

north of the Black Sea, but that destabilization then destabilizes things in Central Europe, which is why we have loads of islands there to make this alliance. And they all cross into Southern Gaul in 406. They cross into Spain, it looks, in 409.

Really rich. Yeah. And they divide up Spain between them, we're told the allocation in one of our sources. The Alans get the best bits.

Really rich. Yeah. And they divide up Spain between them, we're told the allocation in one of our sources. The Alans get the best bits.

Really rich. Yeah. And they divide up Spain between them, we're told the allocation in one of our sources. The Alans get the best bits.

They move on to North Africa because the Goths of Alaric, not led by Alaric anymore, are settled in southwestern Gaul by the one smart, or the first really smart, ruler of the west who gets control of Honorius after Silico's death, a man called Flavius Constantius, who will later marry Honorius' sister, the one dragged off by the Goths. and become emperor in turn, co-emperor.

They move on to North Africa because the Goths of Alaric, not led by Alaric anymore, are settled in southwestern Gaul by the one smart, or the first really smart, ruler of the west who gets control of Honorius after Silico's death, a man called Flavius Constantius, who will later marry Honorius' sister, the one dragged off by the Goths. and become emperor in turn, co-emperor.

They move on to North Africa because the Goths of Alaric, not led by Alaric anymore, are settled in southwestern Gaul by the one smart, or the first really smart, ruler of the west who gets control of Honorius after Silico's death, a man called Flavius Constantius, who will later marry Honorius' sister, the one dragged off by the Goths. and become emperor in turn, co-emperor.

They don't get rid of Honorius, they rule with him. And he settles the Goths in southwestern Gaul, does a deal with them for joint military action. And between 416 and 418, that joint Roman Gothic force destroys the Alans as an independent force, kills their kings, destroys the Siling Vandals, and we're left only with the Hasding Vandals in Spain.

They don't get rid of Honorius, they rule with him. And he settles the Goths in southwestern Gaul, does a deal with them for joint military action. And between 416 and 418, that joint Roman Gothic force destroys the Alans as an independent force, kills their kings, destroys the Siling Vandals, and we're left only with the Hasding Vandals in Spain.

They don't get rid of Honorius, they rule with him. And he settles the Goths in southwestern Gaul, does a deal with them for joint military action. And between 416 and 418, that joint Roman Gothic force destroys the Alans as an independent force, kills their kings, destroys the Siling Vandals, and we're left only with the Hasding Vandals in Spain.

But the refugees from certainly the Alans, and I suspect also the Siling Vandals as well, join the Hasding Vandals. And the Hasding kings who invade North Africa, their official titulature is Kings of the Vandals and Alans. So it is an alliance.

But the refugees from certainly the Alans, and I suspect also the Siling Vandals as well, join the Hasding Vandals. And the Hasding kings who invade North Africa, their official titulature is Kings of the Vandals and Alans. So it is an alliance.

But the refugees from certainly the Alans, and I suspect also the Siling Vandals as well, join the Hasding Vandals. And the Hasding kings who invade North Africa, their official titulature is Kings of the Vandals and Alans. So it is an alliance.

That Roman Gothic counteraction in Spain was clearly pretty nasty or effective, depending on your point of view, and destroys the hegemony that the Alans had had within that grouping.

That Roman Gothic counteraction in Spain was clearly pretty nasty or effective, depending on your point of view, and destroys the hegemony that the Alans had had within that grouping.

That Roman Gothic counteraction in Spain was clearly pretty nasty or effective, depending on your point of view, and destroys the hegemony that the Alans had had within that grouping.

There's an outline chronology. So they transfer themselves over the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco in 429. There is then a slow march westwards. They are given an intermediate deal in 435, which sees them in control of Algeria or sort of central and western Algeria. The really rich bits of North Africa are what are now Tunisia and Eastern Algeria.

There's an outline chronology. So they transfer themselves over the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco in 429. There is then a slow march westwards. They are given an intermediate deal in 435, which sees them in control of Algeria or sort of central and western Algeria. The really rich bits of North Africa are what are now Tunisia and Eastern Algeria.