This is the story of the first medieval kingdom of the West, but it is also a story about how history is made and how it has been told to us.

In the light of the latest research and with the help of the greatest experts in Europe, we set out to explore the creation, rise and fall of the Suevo Kingdom of Galicia (411-585 AD). This is the story of the first medieval kingdom of the West, but it is also a story about how history is made and how it has been told to us. The rise of the Swabian Kingdom of Galicia, which at its time of maximum expansion dominated the western half of the Iberian Peninsula, occurred during a period called Dark Years, so called because the stories that have been written about them have been the subject of enormous controversy and manipulation throughout history. The data that have recently been discovered and the interpretations that historians propose, allow us to see with different eyes some of the most important challenges that we face today in the 21st century, such as the great migrations, the rise and fall of empires or the battle of stories.—Simón Casal