The barbarian successor kingdoms were the powerful states that emerged in the territory of the Western Roman Empire following the Fall of Rome in 476 CE. The “barbarian” kings even issued coins based on the imperial coinage of the vanished Western Roman Empire. The Ostrogoths Were the Most Powerful Barbarian Successor KingdomCoin depicting Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great, 493-526The Ostrogoths established the most powerful barbarian successor kingdom in post-Roman Europe. Like the other barbarian successor kings, the Visigothic rulers continued the Roman way of life, establishing schools and patronizing art. Like the other barbarian successor kingdoms, the Visigoths, too, became a target of the Justinian Reconquest of the Roman West.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 27, 2023 16:02 UTC