Medieval era · 711 CE
Battle of Guadalete
The Battle of Guadalete was the first major battle of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, fought in July 711 at an unidentified location in what is now southern Spain between the Visigoths under their king, Roderic, and the invading forces of the Umayyad Caliphate, composed of mainly Berbers and some Arabs under the commander Tariq ibn Ziyad.
- When
- 19 Jul 711
- Where
- Iberian Peninsula
- Era
- Medieval
Topics
Before and after
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