I want to visit ... the Visigoths

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Currently (2020) travelling is difficult so to make better plans for the future, here are some places you might want to visit to see, what the your favorite tribe has done ...

(Feel free to add other interesting sites)

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Adrianople

It is a site of many battles, for the Visigoth of interest is the battle of 378:

Some years before the Visigoths crossed danube river. The eastern romans tried to exploit them (selling overpriced bad food, sell people to slavery etc.) to the Goth who came as refugees. They rebelled and chased the local roman forces away. At this time eastern roman emperor Valens was planning a campain against Persia and had gathered his troops near his capital Konstantinople. He decided that his army could make use of some easy warm-up fights so he led his full army against the goths.

result: Roman army destroyed, Emperor comitted suicide

learned: Valens' army was less prepared than he thought, if he would have done the war against Persia, he would have lost ...
learned II: don't be nasty to refugees

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Cosenza (southern Italy)

After plundering Rome (Important note: If you happen to be Goth, it is likely you can plunder rome, if not is more likely it happens the other way round) the Visigoths under King Alaric (the first and great) moved to the south (probably to find save land in today Tunesia). Near the town of Cosenza Alaric died (see below) and is rumored to be buried with his treasure aquired in Rome in the bed of the Busento river which flows through this town. Since the treasure is not credited to be recovered yet (2020), you might test your luck and become very rich

When in this town: Don't ride a horse ! Just don't do it (you cannot ask Alaric, Heinrich (VII) and Isabella anymore why ...)

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Toledo (Spain)
Later Capital of the Visigoths, very beautyful.

Interesting sidefact: If you happen to go there on Sunday and visit the Cathedral, you might see, that the liturgy is done there in unusual manner; reason: when pope Alexander II in 1071 unified liturgy, Toledo was outside of his influence, so the Christians there kept their own (goth) liturgy.

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Lagos de Covadonga

A big army of middle-eastern origin versus 300 brave defenders led by a great warrior ... it might sound like a movie

differences here:
no trained abs, if the BMI is low, it is because condition "starving"
to treacherous dwarves
here not the valley was defended (where the attackers could sneak around on mountain paths), some people learn from history and defend the mountain instead.
Because people learn from history, this time fighers under the Goth Pelayo did not have to ask wanderers to tell at home that they have lost (like the Spartans of Leonidas), they simply went home and told there that they have won, want is in fact the better way.

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Châlons-en-Champagne

this site would have (and will be) to be mentioned also at other tribes, but since the Visigoths won the day, it is also worth visiting the site, if you are only interested in the Visigoths.

In 451 the army of Attila (Huns, Gepids, Skirs, Ostrogoths, (right side) Franks (as "Bruktians") and many others) fought against the army of Aetius (WRE, Visigoths, Alans, (left side) Franks and others). While on other parts of the front it was a bloody stelmate (perhaps with light advantage for Attila), the Visigoths defeated the Ostrogoths, who were pitted against them (despite of an ostrogoth named Andagis killing Visgoth King Theoderic with a spear) and rolled up the battle.

Result: the beginning of the end of the huns.