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The Goths were ethnically which of the following?
Germanic
Celtic
Frankish
Turkish
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The Goths were partially known as the Wielbarks back in Scandinavia. However, they settled in Europe by crossing what northern sea?
The Baltic Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The Dead Sea
The Adriatic Sea
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One of the first major Gothic conquests came around 250 A.D. when King Cniva captured what major Roman city in Thrace (modern-day Bulgaria)?
Philippopolis
Azurdas-Khandra
Wailon
Alexandretta
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In response to the Taking of Philippopolis, the Roman army launched a campaign against the Goths that resulted in what 251 battle that was the worst military disaster the Romans had faced up to that point in time?
The Battle of Catalaunian Plains
The Battle of Abritus
The Battle of Gaul
The Battle of Tuona
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What Roman emperor was killed by the Goths at the Battle of Abritus?
Gallenis
Roxus
Sulla
Decius
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In the 260s, what new Roman emperor, who succeeded Decius along with his father, went on to begin a campaign pushing back against the Goths?
Gallienus
Corvus
Loches
Theodorus
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Emperor Gallienus removed the Goths from the Balkans through victory during what 260s battle?
The Battle of Renaud
The Battle of ViVaol
The Battle of Augsburg
The Battle of Naissus
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The Goths dared not invade Rome again until after Gallienus's death. What Roman emperor succeeded Gallienus and subsequently repelled a fresh invasion from the Goths?
Marcellus
Aurelian
Costas
Ruvan
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Further Gothic invasions of Asia Minor would define the race's military history during the Third Century. those invasions would come to a halt when what Roman Emperor of 275 and 276 A.D. routed them from the sea and earned the title Gothicus Maximus?
Alvaron
Sirius
Rueben
Tacitus
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What Gothic philosopher became famous for becoming a close advisor to the Roman Emperor Julian?
Tullum
Siprian
Mardonius
Regnus
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What group of Goths became a part of Rome briefly after the Roman Emperor Valens granted their request for territory in Thrace?
The Albergoths
The Syrigoths
The Mesogoths
The Carcogoths
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The Mesogoths were so violently mistreated by Rome that they entered a state of full rebellion. Signaling their intent to invade Italy, the Goths crossed what river that was meant to serve as the boundary of their lands?
The Danube
The Volga
The Thames
The Seine
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What famous Goth became a Christian bishop and preacher during the 4th Century as he led a massive number of Goths to convert?
Dieter
Simont
Ulfilas
Hrothgar
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At what 378 battle did the Goths prove their intent to sack Rome as they crushed its armies and continued marching toward its heartland?
The Battle of Yumoles
The Battle of Adrianople
The Battle of Escople
The Battle of Akhtar
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At the Battle of Adrianople, the Goths slayed what Roman Emperor before moving in to sack Rome itself?
Valens
Petro
Saludes
Fenrus
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In the 4th Century, what group of nomadic conquerors from the Caucuses region conquered the Goth homeland and all of the people who didn't leave to sack Rome?
The Huns
The Cossacks
The Mongols
The Vandals
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The Gothic people who sacked Rome and then moved on became known by what collective name?
The Visigoths
The Allagoths
The Uragoths
The Patrogoths
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Those Goths who remained under Hunnic control and didn't sack Rome would become known by what name?
The Telagoths
The Vitagoths
The Ostrogoths
The Petrogoths
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What is the name of the first King of the Visigoths who succeeded in sacking Rome after years of contested efforts?
Gaolen
Alaric
Ogden
Owlen
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In 401 and 402, what Vandal-Roman military leader repelled the Gothic invasions of Rome until his emperor betrayed and killed him?
Ulthar
Gaeris
Robaine
Stilicho
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The persecution of Gothic Romans inspired thousands of survivors to join the Visigoths and help sack Rome. What Roman emperor ordered the killing of Stilicho and many Goths in Rome?
Augustine
Tiberius
Honorius
Cyprus
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After sacking Rome, the Visigoths moved into what other country where they established a nation of their own?
Switzerland
Iceland
England
Spain
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The Visigoth king Theodoric I helped lead a massive detachment of his people to stop Attila the Hun's unchecked conquest of Europe at what famous battle?
The Battle of Catalaunian Plains
The Battle of Vittorio Veneto
The Battle of Baerlast Ridge
The Battle of Pellion Fields
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The Visigoths were eventually conquered by what other empire that took over all of Spain?
The Persian Empire
The Parthian Empire
The Umayyad Caliphate
The Ottoman Empire
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The Ostrogoths would go on to establish a kingdom of their own in what country?
England
Switzerland
Greece
Italy
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The Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy settled with its capital in what city that had previously been the capital of the Western Roman Empire?
Bolognia
Sardinia
Mycenia
Ravenna
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What Ostrogoth king led his people to settle in Italy after they gained their freedom from the Huns?
Demas the Brave
Theodoric the Great
Solwell to Wise
Riem the Bold
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The Ostrogoths would be defeated and absorbed by what other imperial power?
The Frankish Empire
The Carolingian Empire
The Parthian Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire
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The last stand for the Ostrogoths arguably came at what battle where their final monarch, King Teia, was killed by Eastern Roman forces?
The Battle of Mons Lactarius
The Battle of Rue Agrippa
The Battle of Sur-Ypres
The Battle of San de Vigne
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The last Gothic society to survive was located on what famous peninsula in the Black Sea?
Crimea
Brisbane
Barcelona
Kaiber
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