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Battle of Guadalete

19 July 711 (Gregorian)

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711 battle between the Visigothic Kingdom and the Umayyad Caliphate; decisive Umayyad victory leads to the fall of the Visigothic Kingdom and the Umayyad conquest of the peninsula

01 / KEY FACTS

Documented facts

Date
19 July 711 (Gregorian)
Precision
Day
Referenced location
Iberian Peninsula
Source coordinates
36.6000°, -6.2167°
Part of
Umayyad conquest of Hispania
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02 / PARTICIPANTS

Referenced participants

Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.

People and command

03 / PROVENANCE

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