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and captured "the lord of the region, along with his wife, children, and riches, bringing the region under his power." Aspidius, the "lord of the region", may have been a Hispano-Roman landowner who had sided with the Suevi. In 576 Leovigild again marched to the southern frontier of Galicia (the
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tribe, with the intention of expanding his kingdom. This attack on a people within the Gothic kingdom was perhaps an excuse for Gothic reprisals against the Sueves. In 573 Leovigild subdued the region of "Sabaria" (probably between
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by Leovigild, but the two kings held a conference before Miro had reached Seville and he returned to Galicia, where he died shortly after, supposedly from the effects of the bad air and water of
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Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies
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and a consistent thorn in Leovigild's side, but they were intercepted and detained on the way by Leovigild's ally,
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For the events surrounding Miro's death, the contemporary and near-contemporary accounts conflict. According to
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from 570 until his death in 583. His reign was marked by attempts to forge alliances with other
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of 561. It has even been suggested, based on the lack of a signatory for the diocese of
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and the kingdom reached its zenith, but it collapsed within three years of his death.
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In the same year as the council of Braga, Miro conducted an expedition against the
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Miro enjoyed good relations with the Church during his reign. In 572 he called the
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in the concilar acts, that Miro himself may have represented that see.
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Miro and Martin of Braga, from an 1145 manuscript of Martin's
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Miro also maintained "intimate and friendly" relations with
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In 575 Leovigild invaded the "Aregensian Mountains" near
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Ph.D. dissertation. University of Virginia: Spring 2007.
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Miro (Suevic king)

Austrian National Library
Latin
Suebian
King of Galicia
Chalcedonian Christian
Arian
Visigoths
Leovigild
Francia
Byzantine Empire
Second Council of Braga
First Council of Braga
Dumio
Martin of Dumio
Archbishop of Braga
Metropolitan
Gallaecia
Ruccones
Basque
Zamora
Salamanca
Guntram
Frankish
King of Burgundy
Chilperic I
Neustria
Ourense
Douro

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