Agila (Agil) I

(N-554) - thirteenth king of the Visigoths, the successor Teodegizela (from 549). Wed. by Jordan (The origin and deeds of Goths, 303): "He [Teodegizelu. - Bus.] Succeeded by Agil, who holds the power to this day ". A Board. coincided with the period of temporary elevation of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I the Great and its active reekspansiey West. When arianine A. continued large-scale persecution of the commitment to ant orthodox (Catholic) Church. Opponent A. kafolik Athanagild to seize power, entered into an alliance with Byzantium, and when the Byzantine army led by the patrician Liberia invaded Spain (554), led the revolt, during which A. Killed