Kings, heroes, and tribal origins; The Empire and the "New" peoples; The Germanic peopes as enemies and servants of the Empire in the Fourth century; Emperorship and kingship on Roman soil; The Hunnic alternative; The kingdom of Toulouse (418-507); The Vandals (406-534); Odovacar, or the Roman empire that did not end; Theodoric (451-526) and Clovis (466-511); A battle for Rome (526/535-552/555); Britain too was not conquered; The Burgundians; The Spanish kingdom of the Visigoths (507/568-711/725); The logobard epilogue; The transformation of the Roman world.