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E Germanic people who settled near the Black
Sea around AD 2nd century. There are two
branches, the eastern Ostrogoths, and the
western Visigoths. The Ostrogoths were
conquered by the Huns 372. They regained
their independence 454 and under Theodoric
the Great conquered Italy 488-93; they
disappeared as a nation after the Byzantine
emperor Justinian I reconquered Italy 535-55.
The Visigoths migrated to Thrace. Under
Alaric they raided Greece and Italy 395-410,
sacked Rome, and established a kingdom in S
France. Expelled from there by the Franks,
they established a Spanish kingdom which
lasted until the Moorish conquest of 711.