Event Battle of Astorga

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Was a battle between the Western Roman empire and the Kingdom of the Suebi.

Chronology

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  • February 457: The Suebian army leaves Terraconenis, returning to Galicia with a large number of prisoners.
  • January 456: Suevic king of Gallaecia Rechiar launched a campaign in Tarraconense in 455.
  • February 456: The Suebian army leaves Terraconenis, returning to Galicia with a large number of prisoners.
  • January 457: Suevic king of Gallaecia Rechiar launched a campaign in Tarraconense in 456.
  • January 456: Rome then sent ambassadors to the Suevi, obtaining some conditions, but in 455 the Suevi sacked the Carthaginian which they had returned some time earlier to Rome. In response, the new Emperor Avitus and the Visigoths sent a joint embassy, ​​which reminded that the peace established with Rome was also guaranteed by the Goths.
  • February 456: Rome then sent ambassadors to the Suevi, obtaining some conditions, but in 455 the Suevi sacked the Carthaginian which they had returned some time earlier to Rome. In response, the new Emperor Avitus and the Visigoths sent a joint embassy, ​​which reminded that the peace established with Rome was also guaranteed by the Goths.