5th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 409 | Invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Gallaecia) by the Germanic Suevi (Quadi and Marcomanni) under king Hermerico, accompanied by the Buri. The Suevic Kingdom eventually received official recognition (Foedus) from the Romans for their settlement there in Gallaecia. It was the first kingdom separated from the Roman Empire that minted coins. | |
| Invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Germanic Vandals (Silingi and Hasdingi) and the Sarmatian Alans. | ||
| 410 | Rome is sacked by the Visigoths under King Alaric I. | |
| 411 | A treaty with Western Roman Emperor Flavius Augustus Honorius grants Lusitania to the Alans, Gallaecia to the Suevi and Hasdingi, and Baetica to the Silingi. | |
| 414 | Paulus Orosius, clergyman of Braga, visits St. Augustine in Hippo Regius. | |
| 415 | Baquiário, priest of Braga, writes his work De fide, where he retracts from Priscillianism heresy. | |
| Beginning of the invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Germanic Visigoths led by King Theodorid, expanding from Aquitaine and under request by the Romans. | ||
| 417 | Balconius becomes bishop of Braga. | |
| 419 | The Hasdingi Vandals attack the Suevi, these resist with Roman aid. | |
| 426 | The Alan king Attaces is killed in battle against the Visigoths, and this branch of the Alans subsequently appealed to the Vandal king Gunderic to accept the Alan crown. | |
| 427 | Hydatius is ordained bishop of Aquae Flaviae (modern Chaves). Hydatius was the author of a chronicle of his own times that provides us with our best evidence for the history of Hispania in the 5th century. | |
| 428 | The Alans defeat the Suevi and the Romans at the Battle of Mérida. | |
| 429 | The Vandals and the Alans move to North Africa, where they establish a kingdom. The Buri vanish into the Suevi kingdom. | |
| 438 | Hermerico, the first Suevi king of Gallaecia, ratified the peace with the Galaicos people and, tired of fighting, abdicated in favor of his son Requila. | |
| 448 | Suevi king Requila dies leaving a state in expansion to his son Requiario who imposed his Catholic faith on the Suevi population. | |
| 451 | Thorismund becomes King of the Visigoths. | |
| 453 | Theodoric II becomes King of the Visigoths. | |
| 454 | The Ibero-Roman population ask for the help of King Theodoric II of the Visigoths against Suevi incursions. | |
| 455 | The Bishop of Rome assumes control over all of Western Christianity, proclaiming himself Pope, under the name of Leo I. | |
| 456 | King Theodoric II of the Visigoths defeats the Suevi at the Battle of Orbigo and sacks their capital city Braga. | |
| Suevi king Requiario is executed and some candidates for the throne appear, grouped in two factions, those who follow Frantán and those who follow Aguiulfo (dependent of the Visigoths). A division marked for the river Minius is noticed, probably a consequence of the two tribes, Quadi and Marcomanni, who constituted the Suevi nation. | ||
| 457 | Maldras becomes king of all the Suevi. | |
| 459 | After the death of King Maldras of the Suevi, a new division appears between Frumario and Remismundo. | |
| 462 | Hydatius, Bishop of Aquae Flaviae (modern Chaves), is imprisoned by the Visigoths. | |
| 463 | Remismundo unites the Suevi and becomes king. | |
| 466 | Euric becomes king of the Visigoths. | |
| 468 | The Roman city of Conimbriga, near modern Coimbra, is sacked by the Suevi. | |
| Lusídio, Roman governor of Lisbon, delivers the city to the Suevi. | ||
| 469 | Teodemundo becomes King of the Suevi. | |
| 470 | Hydatius, Bishop of Aquae Flaviae, dies. | |
| King Euric of the Visigoths conquers southern Gallaecia and Lusitania to the Suevi. | ||
| 475 | King Euric (who unified the various quarreling factions of the Visigoths) forces the Roman government to grant the Visigothic kingdom full independence. At his death, the Visigoths were the most powerful of the successor states to the Western Roman Empire. | |
| 476 | 4 September | Romulus Augustus, the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when the chieftain of the Germanic Heruli, Odoacer, proclaims himself King of Italy. Conventional date for the fall of the Roman Empire, and widely considered the end of ancient history and beginning of the Middle Ages. |
| 484 | Alaric II becomes king of the Visigoths. |
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