In the V century the city was taken successively by several Germanic invaders: Gunderic vandals in the year 426, the Swabians ruled by Requila in 441, and finally the Visigoths, who would control until the eighth century, for a time challenged by the Byzantine presence in the Mediterranean.
After the defeat by the Franks (507), the Visigothic kingdom abandoned its former capital (Toulouse, north of the Pyrenees) and was gaining ground on the various peoples who were scattered throughout the Spanish territory, moving the royal residence to different cities until it was set at Toledo. During the reign of Amalric, Teudis and Teudiselo, we decided to Sevilla. This last king was killed at a banquet for the nobles of Seville, an episode known as dinner candles (549). The cause is debated and may be a reflection of the division of communities between Hispano and the Visigoths (the Betic was a province with the highest proclivity to the expression of difference that the center of the peninsula) or even a conspiracy of nobles Visigoths.
Híspalis Spali became known. After the short reign of Teudiselo, Teudis successor, Agila I was elected in 549. The Visigoths were engaged in internal strife when the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I took to try to conquer all of Spain. After many struggles and the defeat of several leaders, the Goths managed to take over every corner of the region, with Leovigildo, in 584, one appointed to rule. In 585, his son Herman was conviertió to Catholicism (as opposed to Arianism of previous kings) and proclaimed himself king in the city rebelled against his father. It is said that Leovigildo did change the course of the Guadalquivir a force to hinder their passage to cause the inhabitants of drought. The old channel current passed by the Alameda de Hercules. In 586, his other son Recaredo acceded to the throne and with him went to Seville to enjoy a time of great prosperity. After the Muslim invasion of Hispania, the city became next to Cordoba, one of the most important in Western Europe.