Theudemirus Dux: The Last of the Goths

The Duchy of Aurariola and the End of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo

By (author) Rafael Barroso Cabrera By (author) Jorge Morín de Pablos By (author) Isabel Sánchez Ramos Translated by Ricardo López Fernebrand

Book cover: Theudemirus Dux: The Last of the Goths

Extent: 176 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2025)

ISBN: 9781805830306

7.99 x 10.87 inches

Price: $49.00

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This book explores Duke Theudemir’s role in the fall of the Visigothic Kingdom and the shift of power to Arab rule. It examines southeastern Iberia’s political context from Byzantine to Arab control and considers Pla de Nadal as Theudemir’s possible seat of power.


This book examines the figure of Duke Theudemir, one of the last great nobles of the Kingdom of Toledo, and the impact of his career on the transfer of power between the Visigothic nobility and the Arab conquerors. In the historical record, Theudemir appears as the archetypal ambitious aristocrat involved in the complex political intrigues that led to the ruin of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo in 711. Using this as a springboard, the book also analyzes the complex historical and administrative situation in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula between the Byzantine invasion and the Arab occupation. Finally, the important archaeological site of Pla de Nadal (Ribarroja de Turia, Valencia) and its identification with the original power centre of Duke Theudemir is considered.

Prologue

The South-East of the Iberian Peninsula in the Second Half of the 6th Century: Imperial Occupation and the Formation of the Byzantine Province of Spania

The Reign of Reccared

The Visigothic Conquest: From Witteric to Suinthila

Territorial Organisation of the Southeast in the 7th Century

Theudimer of Aurariola

Pla de Nadal: A Palace for a King

Documentary Appendix

Bibliography

  • By (author) Rafael Barroso Cabrera
  • By (author) Jorge Morín de Pablos
  • By (author) Isabel Sánchez Ramos
  • Translated by Ricardo López Fernebrand