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Sisebut

d. 621 · 7th century

Sisebut was king of the Visigoths from 612 to 621. He campaigned against the Byzantine province of Spania, taking Málaga and other coastal towns, and against the Basques and Asturians. A learned ruler who corresponded with Isidore of Seville, he wrote a Life of Saint Desiderius and a poem on eclipses, and he ordered the forced baptism of the kingdom's Jews.

Sisebut
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Byzantine Spania

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sisebut. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sisebut
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