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Roman rule was maintained over most areas till after the death of Emperor Majorian in 461.

[2] The Visigoths, vassals of the Roman Empire who had settled in Aquitaine by imperial
invitation (416), increasingly filled the vacuum left as the Vandals moved into North Africa. In
468 they attacked and defeated the Suevi, who had occupied Roman Gallaecia and were
threatening to expand. The Visigoths ended the Roman administration in Spain in 473, and
their overlordship of most of the eastern and central peninsula was established by 476. A
large-scale migration of the Visigoths into Iberia began in 494 under Alaric II, and it became
the seat of their power after they lost most of their territory in Gaul to the Franks after
the Battle of Vouillé in 507. Roman rule was maintained over most areas till after the death of
Emperor Majorian in 461.[2] The Visigoths, vassals of the Roman Empire who had settled
in Aquitaine by imperial invitation (416), increasingly filled the vacuum left as the Vandals
moved into North Africa. In 468 they attacked and defeated the Suevi, who had occupied
Roman Gallaecia and were threatening to expand. The Visigoths ended the Roman
administration in Spain in 473, and their overlordship of most of the eastern and central
peninsula was established by 476. A large-scale migration of the Visigoths into Iberia began
in 494 under Alaric II, and it became the seat of their power after they lost most of their
territory in Gaul to the Franks after the Battle of Vouillé in 507.

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