This is episode 10 called First Barbarian Invasions: Vandals, Suebi and Alans and in this episode you will learn:
SHOW NOTES
- Why the Migration Period started in the first place
- Who the Alans, Vandals and Suebi were: their origins, characteristics and how many were they
- What consequences had the withdraw of Imperial troops from Britannia, Gaul and Germania: the usurpation of Constantine III and execution of Stilicho
- Why Constantine III attacked Hispania before attempting to attack Italy
- About the usurpation of Gerontius and Maximus of Hispania, and why the Vandals, Suebi and Alans didn't enter the Iberian Peninsula as invaders
- How the Vandals, Suebi and Alans parceled out Hispania
- How the Hispano-Romans received the immigrants, positive views like that of Orosius or negative like that of Hydatius, and why the barbarians weren't that barbarian
- How the usurpers Constantine III, and Gerontius-Maximus were defeated
- How historiography has treated the Suebi and why most views are wrong
- Reflections on the importance of how we label events while telling history