THE GOTHS The Goths were an East Germanic people who settled on the shores of the Black Sea, about the 2nd century AD. One branch, the Ostrogoths, was conquered by the Huns (see Attila) c370 AD, while another, the Visigoths moved on to Thrace. The latter raided Greece & Italy (see Alaric) then set up a South eastern France Kingdom. Expelled by the Franks, they moved to Spain & established a new kingdom there. The Goths disappeared as a nation around 555 AD.