1) Visigoth. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...and Spain, establishing a monarchy that lasted until the early eighth century. Late Latin Visigoth, the Visigoths. See wes-pero- in Appendix I.Visiˇgothic -ADJECTIVE...
2) Toledo. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...of Madrid. It fell to the Romans in 193 b.c. and was later the capital of the Visigoth kingdom (534-712). As a Moorish capital (712-1031) it was a center of Arab...
3) 5896. Edward Everett. 1794-1865. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar
Quotations, 10th ed.
...Nor worthless pomp of homage vain Stain it with hypocritic tear. ATTRIBUTION: Alaric the Visigoth....
4) 5897. Edward Everett. 1794-1865. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar
Quotations, 10th ed.
...man can boast that he has trod On him that was the scourge of God. ATTRIBUTION: Alaric the Visigoth....
5) Poitiers. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of its important monasteries, was a great religious center of Gaul. A residence of Visigoth kings, the city was captured (507) by the Franks under Clovis I. In 732,...
6) d. The Ostrogoths in Italy. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...and he cemented his associations with marriage alliances (one daughter married Alaric II, the Visigoth, another Sigismund the Burgundian, and he himself married Clovis's...
7) c. Invaders of the West. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Rugians, Sciri) moved toward the Black Sea; they arrived there by 214 C.E. The division of Visigoth (West Goth) and Ostrogoth (East Goth) probably arose after their...
8) Roosevelt, Theodore. 1913. History as Literature: II. Biological Analogies
in History
...as yet obscure? Has the blood of the Lombard practically disappeared from Italy, and of the Visigoth from Spain, or does it still flow in large populations where...
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