118:. He ruled himself until his death in 526, when Amalaric succeeded him. Theoderic's intervention is often credited with saving the Visigothic kingdom, but it ended the Balt dynasty.
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Theorethical Strength and Practical Weakness of the Visigothic Monarchy of Toledo", in Frans Theuws and
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55:, the Visigoths had been ruled by the Balti since ancient times. Jordanes, however, says that all the Goths were formerly ruled by the
129:) and became state property after 531. The dynastic principle was abandoned and kings were chosen by election until the
125:) of the Balt kings, which had been a foundation of their legitimacy, was transformed into the royal treasury (
281:(University of California Press, 1979), pp. 32–34, has theories on family connections and Baltic connections.
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Amals. He claims that the family was named from long ago for its daring: "Baltha, which means bold" (
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Formation of the Sueve and Visigothic Kingdoms in Spain", in
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Domination
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History of the Goths: Studies in a Migration Myth
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Earliest Times to the End of the Gothic Dominion in Spain.
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and lost most of their kingdom. In 511, the
Ostrogothic king
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Visigoths as a nation were formed under the rule of
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from 395 until 531. They led the
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327:(Museum Tusculanum Press, 2002), pp. 320–21.
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279:History of the Goths
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61:Cassiodorus
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193:(507–511)
187:(484–507)
185:Alaric II
181:(466–484)
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38:Visigoths
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197:Amalaric
143:Alaric I
133:in 711.
100:Amalaric
92:Alaric I
53:Jordanes
49:Ablabius
258:(ed.),
191:Gesalec
116:Gesalec
106:at the
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376:Amaler
155:Wallia
149:Ataulf
104:Franks
81:Baltia
34:Balthi
204:Notes
179:Euric
85:Balts
30:Balti
26:Latin
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