Agila (Agil or Akhila) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania (549–554). During his reign, in 551, a rival to the throne, Athanagild, arranged that Justinian I, the eastern Roman emperor, should send a Roman force from Gaul to seize lands in southern Hispania (today, southern Spain). The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. ... Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... Events Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China. ... Events The Byzantine general Narses reconquers all of Italy. ... Events Jordanes publishes The Origin and Deeds of the Goths. ... Athanagild (d. ... Justinian I depicted on the famous Byzantine mosaics of the St. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (from Latin Gallia, c. ...

So in 554 Justinian's armies took Andalusia and Granada, leading to much rejoicing by the local people. This was because most were Hispano-Romans. Events The Byzantine general Narses reconquers all of Italy. ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 1st  7 478 432  17,9%  85,70... Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the community of Andalusia, Spain. ...

In Hispania at this time the Visigoths still hadn't won the hearts and minds of their supposed subjects. Indeed, in most respects, the Kingdom of the Visigoths consisted only of the Visigothic populace; the Hispano-Romans pledged their fealty to Imperial Rome. This was despite the weakness of Rome's power, particuarly in the west. Roman Empire between AD 60 and 400 with major cities. ...

During the conflict King Agila was defeated and killed near Seville. Athanagild then became king of Visigothic Hispania. Seville (Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain, crossed by the river Guadalquivir (37°22′38″ N 5°59′13″ W). ...

Theudigisel (Theudegisel) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania for one year (548–549 CE). ... The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ... Athanagild (d. ...