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The Barbarians of Europe

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Ancient History : The Barbarians of Europe

Introduction:
"This quiz tests the knowledge of the barbarian tribes of early Europe, like the Visigoths and Ostrogoths, Huns, Vandals."


1. What Visigoth, son of Alaric I, joined his forces with the Romans against the Huns in 451 AD at the Battle of Chalons?
    Alaric II
    Wallia
    Euric
    Theodoric I


2. Who was the last Visigoth king, killed in 711 in the Battle of Rio Barbate against the Moors?
    Alaric II
    Ataulf
    Theodoric II
    Roderic


3. What Germanic chieftain defeated the Italian remnants of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD?
    Gaiseric
    Odoacer
    Alboin
    Attila


4. After the fall of Rome, the Germanic kings Theodoric the Great and Odoacer kept the capital of their kingdoms in what city? This city had also been the capital of the Western Empire since 402 AD.
    Ravenna
    Florence
    Venice
    Genoa


5. Theodoric the Great conquered Odoacer's empire in 493. Theodoric was from what Germanic tribe?
    Alemanni
    Visigoths
    Ostrogoths
    Vandals


6. For most of the 300s, the Visigoths were fleeing westward from what central Asian tribe?
    Mongols
    Parthians
    Scythians
    Huns


7. The Romans gave the Visigoths protection. However, in 378, after being mistreated, what battle took place in Thrace where the Visigoths were victorious?
    Manzikert
    Constantinople
    Adrianople
    Tours


8. In 455, what tribe under Gaiseric sacked Rome in an extremely brutal manner?
    Vandals
    Suevi
    Huns
    Alemanni


9. What Germanic tribe of Denmark and Northern Germany helped conquer Britain with the Angles and Saxons?
    Jutes
    Scots
    Picts
    Alemanni


10. Which tribe in conquered Italy in 572 under Alboin, making Pavia its capital?
    Suevi
    Byzantines
    Bulgars
    Lombards


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