July 711 · Hispania (southern Spain) Theater
July 711
Crossing from Africa at the rock that still bears his name — Gibraltar, Jabal Tariq — the Berber-Arab commander Tariq ibn Ziyad met the army of the Visigothic king Roderic near the Guadalete river. Treachery among the Visigothic nobles and Tariq's determination broke the Gothic army; Roderic vanished, presumed killed, and the Visigothic kingdom collapsed with astonishing speed.
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