// Antiquity
Visigothic Kingdom
- Period
- AD 426 – AD 723
- Duration
- approx. 297 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 490
- Area (max.)
- approx. 688,000 km²
Period and duration
Visigothic Kingdom — according to the map data from AD 426 to AD 723, roughly 297 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Visigothic Kingdom — greatest extent around AD 490: the mapped borders then cover about 688,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 425)
- Western Roman Empire
- Alans
- Vandals
After
Neighbours around AD 490
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Ostrogoths
- Vandal Kingdom
- Merovingian Empire
- Salian Franks
- Brythonic Kingdoms
- Burgundian Kingdom
- Kingdom of Alamannia
- Kingdom of the Suebi
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 490 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Visigothic Kingdom on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.