466 Theodoric killed by his brother Euric.
469 Euric makes the Suevi tributary. The Visigoths become completely independent of Rome. Euric is a legislator as well as a warrior and publishes a code of laws.
484 Death of Euric. His son Alaric II succeeds. During his reign the code Breviarium Alaricianum is published. Founded on the Theodosian code, it impresses Roman institutions and ideas on the whole people.
507 Death of Alaric in a battle with Clovis, the Merovingian king, at Voulon. Gesalric his natural son succeeds. The Ostrogoths unite with the Visigoths and defeat the Merovingians at Arles. Theodoric the Great takes possession of most of the Visigothic possessions in southern France.
511 Amalaric, legitimate son of Alaric II, succeeds. He is grandson of Theodoric the Great, who rules his realm for him. The capital transferred from Tolosa to Toledo. Amalaric marries daughter of Clovis.
526 Death of Theodoric the Great. The Ostro- and Visigothic kingdoms become definitely separated.
531 Death of Amalaric in a battle with Merovingian Franks. Theudes succeeds.
542 Theudes repels a Frankish invasion of Spain.
548 Theudisela succeeds Theudes.
549 Agila succeeds. In his reign the Romans recover many towns on the sea coast in an attempt to regain the peninsula.