Gallaecia Gothica: From the Conspiracy of Dux Argimundus (AD 589/590) to Integration in the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo

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	Figure 1. Hispania in the mid 6th century AD.
	Figure 2. Madrid. El Escorial Library. Codex Vigilanus f. 145. 3rd Council of Toledo.
	Figure 3.  Map of the monetary finds of tremisses minted by Reccared. The triangles indicate coinage with a triumphal-type legend during the reign of Reccared (Emerita has not been included) (according to Faria 1988): 1) Totela; 2) Calabacia; 3) Bergancia
	Figure 4. Mints and Bishoprics of Gallaecia and northern Lusitania
	Figure 5. Oviedo. Museo Arqueológico de Asturias. Epigraph from the Roman era alluding to the [Cohors/Ala] Asturum et Luggonum (photo: Jordá, after García Bellido 1961).
	Figure 6. Grases (Villavicosia, Asturias). Inscription dedicated to (…) OVIO TABALIENO. (Photo: Diego Santos, after González and Illorum and the Luggonum ciutas, B) León. Museo Arqueológico (according Marco- 2009)
	Figure 7. Terminus Augustalis of the Cohors IIII Gallorum and the Luggonum ciuitas.León. Museo Arqueológico after García and Bellido, 1963).
	Figure 8. Terminus Augustalis between Cohors IIII Gallorum and Ciuitas Beduniensium. León. Museo Arqueológico (after García and Bellido, 1963).
	Figure 9. Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Silver plate with MARTI/TILENO inscription. Quintana del Marco (La Bañeza, León) (photo: MAN/Raúl Fernández Ruiz).
	Figure 10. San Millán de la Cogolla (La Rioja). Ark of San Millán. Emilianus prophesises the fall of Cantabria.
	Figure 11. Ecclesiastical structure of Gallaecia in the second half of the 6th century AD from the Parrochiale Sueuum (after J. López Quiroga and M. Rodríguez Lovelle 1995–1996)
	Figure 12. Main communication routes in Gallaecia. [The authors]
	Figure 13. Coins of Egica/Tvde and Egica-Witiza/Lvco (Pliego 2012).
	Figure 14. Braga. D. Diogo de Sousa Museum. Sarcophagus of San Martín de Dumio (López Quiroga and Martínez Tejera 2017)
	Figure 15. Tude. 1. High Imperial occupation area; 2. Supposed location of the Late Antique Episcopal Church (Church of San Bartolomé de Rebordanes); 3. Late Antique Necropolis; 4. Burials from the end of the 6th century; 5. Early medieval fortification a
	Figure 16. Lucus Augusti (from González and Carreño 2007). 1) High Imperial urban perimeter; 2) Lower Imperial wall; 3) High Imperial domus; 4) Late Antique burials (Sánchez Ramos, 2014)
	Figure 17. Tremis of Egica and Wittiza (c. 694-702/703). Mint of Valentiaa (Valencia de don Juan).
	Figure 18. Tremis of Rodrigo (710-711)  from the mint of Egitania (Heiss 1872).
	Figure 19. Coin finds in the north of Lusitania (after Martín Viso 2008).
	Figure 20. Visigoth mints and coins in northern Lusitania (after Martín Viso 2008).
	Figure 21. Suebi and Goth anthroponyms of the Aula Regia during the second half of the 7th century AD according to the signatures of the councils of Toledo.
	Figure 22. Museo de Zamora. 7th Century gold crosses from the treasure of Villafáfila (Zamora)
	Figure 23. Distribution of gold mining in the northwest in relation to Roman roads (source: CSIC) (López Quiroga and Martínez Tejera 2017).
Introduction
Conspirators and Conspiracies in the Reign of Reccared
Interpreting the Plot of Argimundus
The Scene of the Rebellion
Possible Suevian Origin of Argimundus
Argimundus and Paulus: Parallel Lives of Two Usurpers in Visigothic Spain
Gallaecia during the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo: From Submission to Conquest
The Rise of the Duchy of Gallaecia: Resurgence of Local Aristocracies and Struggling for Real Power
Conclusion: From the Suevic Kingdom to the Duchy of Gallaecia
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