Roderic was the last king of which kingdom in Hispania prior to the Umayyad conquest?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Visigothic
- Step 1: According to the official source: Roderic (also spelled Ruderic, Roderik, Roderich, or Roderick ; Spanish and Portuguese : Rodrigo, Arabic : لذريق , romanized : Ludharīq ; died July 711) was the Visigothic king in Hispania between 710 and 711. ... He faced a rebellion from the Basques and the Umayyad invasion, during which he was defeated and killed at the Battle of Guadalete . Answer: Visigothic. Why not the others: Vandalic, Suebic, and Ostrogothic were other Germanic peoples that founded barbarian realms in Italy and Gaul during the Migration Period.
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