The Kingdom of the Suebi

In 407 AD, the peace in the Roman controlled Iberian peninsula was disrupted. Having recently migrated from the middle Danube, crossed the Rhine, invaded and pillaged Gallia, Vandals, Alans and Suebi traversed the Pyrenees mountains. Entering and ravaging the fresh lands of Hispania for two years, they soon sought to settle in the province.

⏰ Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:41 - On the Rise
5:52 - Kingdom in Crisis
8:13 - Arian period
9:55 - Conversion
11:53 - Fall to the Goths
14:33 - Conclusion

🤝 Support
You can support me and donate a Follis or more on Patreon :

🎵 Music
Wild Betrayal - Bonnie Grace
Medieval Adventure - Bonnie Grace
Jungle Thrill - Bonnie Grace
Protector Of The Sky - Jo Wandrini
Knight's Templar - Adriel Fair
No Time for Fear - Christian Andersen
Deer Hunt - Bonnie Grace
Sound of Waves - Feras Charestan

📚 Sources
- The Chronicle of Hydatius
- Charles River, The Suebi: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Germanic Groups: Charles River Editors; 2021
- Wikipedia fr eng, 2022

[andremiguel]

Honestly the most overlooked part of Portuguese history, the suebic kingdom layed the foundations for the County of Portugal by increasing the relevance of Bracara Augusta and Portus Cale, centralizing political and religious power. The spaniards pay a lot of respect to their visigothic predecessors, its about time Portugal does the same with the Suebi.

[portucale-kiex]

As a Portuguese man, thank you very much for this video. Not enough people mention the Suebians.

[decidwing]

The Suebi are one of the most undercovered kingdoms in Iberia, and especially after the post-Roman period, great to see a video on this level of detail and visuals / music made from one of the greatest late-Antiquity creators.

[HabibAkili]

A group of Suebi/Suevi crossed the Mediterranean into North Africa, gone to Carthage And when Justinian sent Belisarius who defeated Geleric the Vandal king of Carthage many Vandals and some Suebi fled to the Mountains of then Numidia and the région became known Sueva- Zveva and Zweva.
Currently Kabylia....a whole clan from the Kabylian Tribe is still called Zweva and Zwewa.
Bringing the last name Zwewi/Suevi widespread from Kabylia to Northern Tunisia .
Zwewis are white Blue eyed and red hair ..and they are very phenotypically distinct even from other white North Africans.
It is just a genetica héritage they passed even when they married Arabs or Turks especially in The Town of Bizerta... Northern Tunisia.

[jayhuxley]

Portugal was built from Braga, wish shows the importance of our Swabian dna. Every people wanted to live here because even during the coldest winters, oranges grew in january, so there wasnt the thousands of famines who invaded Europe. The swabians helped Portugal to be independent. Thank you very much.

[StoicHistorian]

Wow awesome video, great editing, you deserve way more subscribers my guy!

[SEKreiver]

An episode on the Briton-Breton migrations to Galicia would be interesting.

[neymarmessironaldo]

Thanks for sharing light on this brother. Most only focus on the visigoths. The artistic style is very pleasant to the eye and the narration is easy to follow. Keep going!

[saguntum-iberian-greekkons]

Finally a video on the Suebi, they are one of the most if not the MOST underrated barbarian kingdom of Post-Roman Europe.
This is the first real video on the Suebis.
I have so many questions to ask thou, lol

[thehistorian]

Finally another video from Ancient Sight! Keep em coming please.

[miltonbates]

Fantastic presentation. You make it so easy to track and follow how these regions changed hands over time. Thank you

[Ragumeatsauce]

Great Video! I would love to see similar videos done on other Germanic tribes, like the Ostrogoths in particular. From their settlement in Pannonia to their acquisition of Italy their timeline is very obscure. Especially when looking on maps for dates like 476 CE and still seeing them settled in Pannonia even though Theodoric and his father had likely taken the bulk of the Ostrogoths into the Eastern Roman Empire in 473 CE.

[YoussefDaanBenAmor]

Well made video concerning the history of a small but interesting ancient Iberian kingdom! Not a whole lot of history related channels like yours out there!

[muntherelsaddig]

Great video! I have been looking for something like this for a long time.

[drinci]

I've been waiting for so long... finally

[kazielbonn]

This is a great video to watch and serves as a good prelude to a CK3 867 Fates of Iberia Start . Learned a lot: the political and religious landscape makes much more sense now. Thanks and subscribed.

[gennadiyleyfman]

That’s why the Spanish and Portuguese languages are related but different! Spanish was influenced by the Visigoths and Portuguese was influenced by the Suebes! Thank you!

[terra]

The lands northeast of Braga (Bracara) are still called Terras de Bouro ( The Buri Lands).

[harryjackson]

Nice! I wouldn’t mind seeing more of these stand alone videos

[billfrehe]

Excellent work. I've never seen this level of detail about the Iberian Germanic tribes. Everything I've seen about this period of time in Iberia is usually very vague, short of text books.