Wallia

Wallia (also Vallia, Valia, † 418 in Tolosa ) was 415-418 king of the Visigoths.

Prehistory

Beginning of the year 415 was the Visigoths Athaulf be by the Romans under Constantius III. out beleaguered people to Spain, where he fell in the same year in Barcino a vendetta victim.

The successor Athaulf went to Sigerich, who had managed to take with the help of influential nobles power. In contrast to his predecessor Sigerich pursued a policy romfeindliche and began planning a campaign. He also had several sons from his first marriage Athaulf sentenced to death. After only seven days Sigerich rule was overthrown.

Kingship

Wallia followed Sigerich to the throne and tried, with his people to ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar to Africa. As under Alaric failed the planned business this time. Then joined the Visigoths 416 with the Romans a peace treaty in which the Visigoths 600,000 modii grain were assured against the return of the living with the Visigoths sister of the Roman Emperor Honorius, Galla Placidia, Athaulf widow, and fighting the enemy with Rome Vandals, Alans and Suevi in Spain.

In fulfillment of the contract Wallia Galla Placidia sent back to the Romans and first attacked the Siling vandals who he had cut almost. Only a small remnant was left, and went under the protection of asdingischen vandals. Then turned to the Visigoths against the Alans, who were also almost completely wiped out, and joined the asdingischen vandals.

In 418, the Visigoths took place after removal of Gaul, where they were ordered to settle in Aquitania II and parts of the surrounding provinces Novempopulana and Narbonensis. The capital city of Tolosa was chosen. The relocation of the Goths seems to have gone largely peaceful, the problem that it is the Visigoths assigned settlements negotiated to a land inhabited with ownership, was to the effect achieved in that the division of ownership, only the tax revenue of the lands concerned, with two thirds of the Visigoths for their military presence and a third to the Romans for State purposes went. The Einquartierungsproblematik was solved by the quartermaster Lord had left his guest a third of its area.

Even as the establishment of the new residences in full swing, died unexpectedly Wallia 418 in Tolosa. Some forty years later, a grandson Wallias, Ricimer, derived as Heermeister the fate of the Western Roman Empire.

Swell

• Jordanes: De origine actibusque Getarum
• Orosius: Historium adversum Pagano. Volume VII 43, 4-7
• Olympiodorus: Fragments