In episode 15 you will learn about the Byzantine conquest and creation of the province of Spania in the midst of a Visigothic civil war, why the attempt to restore the Roman Empire in the West failed, and the key elements of Visigothic society in Iberia.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Hook 00:30 Justinian and the Renovatio Imperii 04:28 Agila and the Visigothic Civil War 07:10 The Byzantine Conquest of Spania 11:34 The Byzantine Province of Spania 15:54 Why Did the Renovatio Imperii Fail? 21:29 The Conversion of the Suebi to Catholicism 25:14 The Founding of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo 27:36 Visigothic Society in Iberia 33:28 The Verdict: Could the Roman Empire Have Been Restored? 34:15 Outro