“Visigothic Kingdom” — appears in this map’s data from AD 426 to 723. Its territory was largest in AD 490 – 509, at ≈ 690 thousand km².
| Period | Area |
|---|---|
| AD 426 – 454 | ≈ 35 thousand km² |
| AD 455 – 457 | ≈ 74 thousand km² |
| AD 458 – 458 | ≈ 569 thousand km² |
| AD 459 – 461 | ≈ 73 thousand km² |
| AD 462 – 468 | ≈ 113 thousand km² |
| AD 469 – 475 | ≈ 592 thousand km² |
| AD 476 – 479 | ≈ 670 thousand km² |
| AD 480 – 489 | ≈ 689 thousand km² |
| AD 490 – 509 | ≈ 690 thousand km² |
| AD 510 – 522 | ≈ 481 thousand km² |
| AD 523 – 533 | ≈ 481 thousand km² |
| AD 534 – 539 | ≈ 482 thousand km² |
| AD 540 – 554 | ≈ 482 thousand km² |
| AD 555 – 566 | ≈ 399 thousand km² |
| AD 567 – 568 | ≈ 404 thousand km² |
| AD 569 – 576 | ≈ 403 thousand km² |
| AD 577 – 586 | ≈ 438 thousand km² |
| AD 587 – 591 | ≈ 529 thousand km² |
| AD 592 – 601 | ≈ 531 thousand km² |
| AD 602 – 611 | ≈ 551 thousand km² |
| AD 612 – 622 | ≈ 561 thousand km² |
| AD 623 – 660 | ≈ 604 thousand km² |
| AD 661 – 704 | ≈ 579 thousand km² |
| AD 705 – 709 | ≈ 579 thousand km² |
| AD 710 – 717 | ≈ 579 thousand km² |
| AD 718 – 723 | ≈ 100 thousand km² |
Outline of the territory in AD 490 – 509 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.
For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.
| Frame | Area | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| AD 426 | ≈ 35 thousand km² | 43 of 55 |
| AD 439 | ≈ 35 thousand km² | 40 of 50 |
| AD 441 | ≈ 35 thousand km² | 40 of 50 |
| AD 443 | ≈ 35 thousand km² | 41 of 51 |
| AD 451 | ≈ 35 thousand km² | 41 of 50 |
| AD 452 | ≈ 35 thousand km² | 41 of 50 |
| AD 455 | ≈ 74 thousand km² | 33 of 52 |
| AD 458 | ≈ 569 thousand km² | 12 of 52 |
| AD 459 | ≈ 73 thousand km² | 34 of 52 |
| AD 462 | ≈ 113 thousand km² | 29 of 54 |
| AD 469 | ≈ 592 thousand km² | 11 of 55 |
| AD 476 | ≈ 670 thousand km² | 9 of 57 |
| AD 480 | ≈ 689 thousand km² | 8 of 57 |
| AD 490 | ≈ 690 thousand km² | 8 of 55 |
| AD 500 | ≈ 690 thousand km² | 8 of 54 |
| AD 510 | ≈ 481 thousand km² | 12 of 53 |
| AD 523 | ≈ 481 thousand km² | 12 of 54 |
| AD 534 | ≈ 482 thousand km² | 13 of 56 |
| AD 536 | ≈ 482 thousand km² | 12 of 56 |
| AD 540 | ≈ 482 thousand km² | 12 of 64 |
| AD 546 | ≈ 482 thousand km² | 12 of 64 |
| AD 555 | ≈ 399 thousand km² | 13 of 67 |
| AD 561 | ≈ 399 thousand km² | 13 of 68 |
| AD 567 | ≈ 404 thousand km² | 13 of 68 |
| AD 569 | ≈ 403 thousand km² | 13 of 68 |
| AD 577 | ≈ 438 thousand km² | 11 of 70 |
| AD 587 | ≈ 529 thousand km² | 12 of 67 |
| AD 592 | ≈ 531 thousand km² | 11 of 70 |
| AD 602 | ≈ 551 thousand km² | 8 of 69 |
| AD 612 | ≈ 561 thousand km² | 9 of 68 |
| AD 617 | ≈ 561 thousand km² | 9 of 65 |
| AD 623 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 10 of 69 |
| AD 626 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 10 of 67 |
| AD 627 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 11 of 67 |
| AD 628 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 11 of 65 |
| AD 629 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 10 of 68 |
| AD 630 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 10 of 68 |
| AD 633 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 11 of 69 |
| AD 634 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 11 of 66 |
| AD 638 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 11 of 71 |
| AD 641 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 11 of 71 |
| AD 644 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 9 of 74 |
| AD 647 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 8 of 70 |
| AD 656 | ≈ 604 thousand km² | 7 of 69 |
| AD 661 | ≈ 579 thousand km² | 8 of 68 |
| AD 666 | ≈ 579 thousand km² | 7 of 67 |
| AD 674 | ≈ 579 thousand km² | 8 of 69 |
| AD 682 | ≈ 579 thousand km² | 8 of 68 |
| AD 692 | ≈ 579 thousand km² | 9 of 67 |
| AD 705 | ≈ 579 thousand km² | 9 of 68 |
| AD 710 | ≈ 579 thousand km² | 9 of 69 |
| AD 718 | ≈ 100 thousand km² | 32 of 69 |
Its highest rank was in AD 656: number 69 of 7.
In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).
Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 15 by area.
| Frame | Other country | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 459 | lost | Western Roman Empire | ≈ 496 thousand km² |
| AD 469 | gained | Western Roman Empire | ≈ 479 thousand km² |
| AD 718 | lost | Umayyad Caliphate | ≈ 478 thousand km² |
| AD 458 | gained | Western Roman Empire | ≈ 202 thousand km² |
| AD 510 | lost | Francia | ≈ 186 thousand km² |
| AD 458 | gained | Kingdom of the Suebi | ≈ 154 thousand km² |
| AD 587 | gained | Kingdom of the Suebi | ≈ 92 thousand km² |
| AD 555 | lost | Byzantine Empire | ≈ 82 thousand km² |
| AD 476 | gained | Western Roman Empire | ≈ 75 thousand km² |
| AD 623 | gained | Byzantine Empire | ≈ 41 thousand km² |
| AD 462 | gained | Western Roman Empire | ≈ 39 thousand km² |
| AD 455 | gained | Western Roman Empire | ≈ 38 thousand km² |
| AD 577 | gained | Byzantine Empire | ≈ 34 thousand km² |
| AD 510 | lost | Ostrogothic Kingdom | ≈ 22 thousand km² |
| AD 724 | lost | Umayyad Caliphate | ≈ 22 thousand km² |
Preceded by: Western Roman Empire · Kingdom of the Suebi
Succeeded by: al-Andalus
Source: Wikidata (CC0)
The Visigothic Kingdom, Visigothic Spain or Kingdom of the Goths (Latin: Regnum Gothorum) was a barbarian kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th century.
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