In episode 16 I explore the bloody reign of Leovigild, the most influential Visigothic King in Iberia, and the economy of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Hook 00:33 Liuva and Leovigild 03:21 The Motives Behind Leovigild's Conquests 05:55 Gothic Campaigns in the South 07:41 Campaigns Against Autonomous Regions 12:20 Building the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo 15:24 Causes of Hermenegild's Rebellion 20:11 A Son Against a Father 23:57 The End of Hermenegild's Rebellion 26:48 The Visigothic Conquest of the Suevic Kingdom 29:32 The Economy of the Visigothic Kingdom 33:45 The Verdict: Questions on Leovigild 34:24 Outro