Visigothic Empire (The Romans Abide)

The Visigothic Empire (Latin: Wisigotharum regnum) was a Gothic empire that spanned Western Europe following the fall of the Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy from the 12th to 15th centuries.

One of the many successor states of the Roman Empire during the early-medieval period, it was the strongest and most stable of all, its rulers (many of whom titled themselves Augustus) conquering swaths of land throughout Western Europe in an attempt to restore the Roman Empire.At its height under Ricimer III, it spanned from Mauritania into the Iberian peninsula, throughout Eastern Gaul, and North Italy, including Rome.

Ultimately, generals and officials within the empire split it apart after a rapid fifty year declination of power, the last emperor, Augustacer, being assassinated at the age of 18, and local rulers rising to dominate the vast regions of the empire.