Chapter 2

Period of Gothic rule--Degeneracy of Goths--Causes of their fall--Battle of Guadalete--Resistance of towns--Theodomir--Remnant in the North--Mohammedanism--Its rise and progress--Reduction of Africa--Siege of Constantinople--Attacks on Spain--Tarif--Arabs in Gaul--Anarchy in Spain--Christians in the North--Clemency of the Arabs--Treaties--Conquest easy--Rhapsodies of Isidore--Slaves--Jews--Impartiality of Arab governors--Khalifate established--Feuds of Arabs and Berbers--Revolt of Berbers--Syrian Arabs--Settlement of Arabs--Effect of Berber wars 11-25