589. Later successors to Liuvigild included the likes of King Chindasuinth (642–653) and his son Recceswinth (653–672), both of whom reformed Visigothic laws and legal codes that essentially eliminated the distinction between Romans and Goths and which permitted intermarriage between the two peoples. Challenge to Visigothic rule came abruptly in the form of Muslim Berbers led by Umayyad commander Tariq, whose forces defeated the Visigothic King Roderic in 711 and by 725, the Visigothic kingdom in Hispania was fully overwhelmed by Muslim invaders. References Notes Citations Bibliography Further reading E. A. Thompson, The Goths in Spain (1969). External links Visigothic kingdoms Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 37. Coins of King Liuvigild 519 births 586 deaths 6th-century Visigothic monarchs Gothic warriors