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Battle of Barcelona

Battle of Barcelona was a battle fought in AD 512 at Barcelona, in what is now Spain. It was part of list of Visigothic Kings. The recorded result: Ostrogothic victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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FoughtAD 512
WhereBarcelona, Spain41.402N, 2.167E
OutcomeOstrogothic victory
BelligerentsOstrogothic KingdomagainstVisigothic rebels
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown
Part oflist of Visigothic Kings

Record

DateAD 512 (year precision)
PlaceBarcelona, Spain
41.402N, 2.167E
KindBattle, medieval
StrengthUnknownUnknown
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • Ibbas
  • Gesalec
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 31 times between AD 510 and 1937.

Battle of Barcelona is one of 120 engagements of the 6th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q20640741, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Barcelona (512), revision 1370433392, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.