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Articles relating to the barbarian kingdoms, kingdoms founded by Northern European peoples and established all over the Mediterranean after the Barbarian Invasions from late antiquity to the Early Middle Ages. The term "barbarian" has been commonly used by historians. Other terms used include "Northern European kingdoms", "Romano-northern European kingdoms",<ref>Chris Wickham, Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800, Oxford (2005).</ref> and "post-Roman kingdoms". Historically, the period of the barbarian kingdoms spans the years from 409 to c.800. It begins in 409 with several barbarian kingdoms being established on the Iberian Peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Suebi, the Alani Kingdom, and territories of Hasdingi and the Vandals. It ends with the formation of the Carolingian Empire in Western Europe.