WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Visigoth was the name given to the western tribes of Goths, while those in the east were referred to as Ostrogoths. Ancestors of the Visigoths mounted a successful invasion of the Roman Empire, beginning in 376, and ultimately defeated them in the Battle of Adrianople in 378 A.D.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Visigoth was a member of a powerful Germanic tribe that played an important role in the final decades of the Western Roman Empire. Visigoths made their mark on Roman history during the Sack of Rome in 410 AD and their participation in the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields in 451.

Detailed explanation-3: -In one of the most decisive battles in history, a large Roman army under Valens, the Roman emperor of the East, is defeated by the Visigoths at the Battle of Adrianople in present-day Turkey. Two-thirds of the Roman army, including Emperor Valens himself, were overrun and slaughtered by the mounted barbarians.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 24 August 410 the Visigoths entered Rome through its Salarian Gate, according to some opened by treachery, according to others by want of food, and pillaged the city for three days.