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Their original homeland was Dacia; they were displaced by the invasion of the Huns (376) and fled to Rome, after a famine led to limited resources, they were no longer welcome in rome and revolted. Emperor Valens was killed in the Battle of Adrianople (378) and succeded by Theodosius I, who allowed the Visigoths to settle in Thrace. After the death of Theodosius I, general Stilicho (guardian of one of Theodosius I's heirs, Honorius, who was a minor at the time of his father's death) was mostly in control of the Western Roman Empire. Stilicho was a vandal (another Germanic tribe), and the Visigoths fought under him during his reign, although Stilicho unfairly sent the Visigoths into battle first in order to weaken his army (and to protect his own), they were associated and all foederati (non-citizens of Rome, tribal groups) were persecuted after the fall of Stilicho, who was executed for conspiracy against the young emperor. Thus, the foederati were chased out of Italy and seeked out Alaric I, king of the Visigoths, who led them in battle against Rome. After sacking Rome in 410, the Visigoths were driven into Gaul by Constantius III in 412. They settled in Aquitania (Gaul). They established a kingdom in Gaul, and through conquest, they extended their territory into Hispania (modern-day Spain and Portugal). After the Battle of Vouillé in 507, when the Visigoths were defeated by Clovis I, king of the Franks, they were driven out of modern-day France and the kingdom was restricted to Hispania. The Visigoths continued to rule Hispania until the muslim invasion in 711.
So, Dacia, then Rome, then Thrace, then Gaul, then Hispania.
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