Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts

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The Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts were a series of 6th–7th century wars in the Iberian Peninsula between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Visigothic Kingdom over territorial control and regional dominance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
war
broaderContext late antique warfare
transition from Roman to post-Roman rule in Iberia
conflictBetween Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Visigothic Kingdom
endTime circa 624
hasCause Byzantine attempt to restore Roman authority in the West
Visigothic effort to consolidate rule over Iberia
struggle for control of Hispania
hasKeyEvent Byzantine landing in southern Hispania under Liberius
Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Visigothic campaigns of Leovigild against Byzantine-held cities

final Visigothic reconquest of Spania under Suintila
sieges of Byzantine coastal strongholds in Hispania
hasMainTheater Mediterranean coast of Spain
surface form: Mediterranean coast of Hispania

Spain
surface form: Spania

southeastern Iberia
southern Iberia
hasParticipant Justinian I
Leovigild
Reccared I
Sisebut
Suintila
locatedIn Hispania (probable)
surface form: Hispania

Iberian Peninsula
militaryObjective control of key coastal cities in Hispania
control of trade routes in the western Mediterranean
opponent Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Visigothic Kingdom
partOf Justinianic reconquests
surface form: Justinianic reconquest

history of the Iberian Peninsula
relatedTo Byzantine provincial administration in the West
Byzantine–Ostrogothic conflicts
surface form: Byzantine–Ostrogothic War

Byzantine–Ostrogothic conflicts
surface form: Gothic War (535–554)

history of the Visigothic Kingdom
result Visigothic control over most of the Iberian Peninsula
Visigothic victory
end of Byzantine province of Spania
startTime circa 552
territorialChange establishment of the Byzantine province of Spania
loss of Byzantine territories in southern Hispania to the Visigoths
timePeriod 6th century
7th century

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Visigothic–Roman conflicts followedBy Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts
Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts hasKeyEvent Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Visigothic campaigns of Leovigild against Byzantine-held cities
Justinianic Wars hasPart Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts
this entity surface form: Byzantine–Visigothic conflicts in Hispania