KnowraRodericRodericRoderic was a Visigothic king who ruled briefly before being defeated during the Umayyad invasion of Iberia in 711.BriefConnectVisigothic Kingdom: A Germanic kingdom that ruled much of the Iberian Peninsula from the fifth century until the early eighth century. Roderic ruled this kingdom during its final crisis.Umayyad conquest of Hispania: The Muslim-led campaigns that brought most of the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule beginning in 711. These campaigns ended Roderic’s rule and the Visigothic kingdom’s dominance.Chronicle of 754: A Latin narrative of Iberian history written by a Christian author in the mid-eighth century. It offers an early account of the conquest and Roderic’s fate.Al-Andalus: The name for Muslim-ruled territories in the Iberian Peninsula during the medieval period. The conquest that ended Roderic’s reign established the territory later known as al-Andalus.Wittiza: A Visigothic king who ruled before Roderic and whose death was followed by a contested succession. Disputes over the succession after Wittiza’s death weakened Roderic’s position.Battle of Guadalete: A battle traditionally dated to 711 in which invading forces defeated the Visigothic army led by Roderic. Later accounts identify this defeat as the decisive collapse of Roderic’s military position.History of the Conquest of al-Andalus: A medieval Arabic account of the Muslim conquest of Iberia attributed to Ibn al-Qūṭiyya. Its traditions preserve a different perspective on the conquest and Visigothic elites.Emirate of Córdoba: An independent Muslim state in Iberia established in 756 by Abd al-Rahman I. It emerged decades after the invasion that destroyed Roderic’s kingdom.Visigothic elective monarchy: A system in which Visigothic kings were selected by leading political and religious elites rather than inheriting an uncontested crown. The contested choice of Roderic reflected the kingdom’s unstable succession customs.Tariq ibn Ziyad: A Berber commander who led the initial Muslim invasion force into Iberia in 711. He commanded the force that confronted Roderic’s kingdom.Show all 21Linked from 6 pagesMuslim conquest of the Iberian PeninsulaRelated: His contested accession intensified divisions among the kingdom’s elites before the invasion.Show all 6