The Rest Is History
522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)
Tom Holland
They go on, they capture Toledo, which is in the center of Spain, the main Visigothic city. And it's a spectacular victory. It's a kind of Hernan Cortes type victory, the overthrow of a great and wealthy empire. And the loot that gets sent back to Syria is so overwhelming. that Spain comes to seem to the eyes of the Umayyads back in Syria, a kind of land of wonders.
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