Editing Roderic (section)

===Division of the kingdom===
After the coup, the division of the kingdom into two factions, with the southwest (the provinces of [[Lusitania]] and western [[Carthaginiensis]] around the capital [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]) in Roderic's hands and the northeast ([[Tarraconensis]] and [[Narbonensis]]) in the hands of Achila is confirmed by [[archaeological]] and [[numismatic]] evidence. Roderic's twelve surviving coins, all bearing the name Rvdericvs, were minted at Toledo, probably his capital, and "Egitania", probably [[Idanha-a-Velha]].<ref name=collins131>Collins, ''Visigothic'', 131.</ref> The regions in which the coins have been discovered do not overlap and it seems highly probable that the two rulers ruled in opposition from different regions. It is unknown to whom the provinces of [[Gallaecia]] and Baetica fell.<ref name=collins131/> That Roderic and Achila never appear to have come into military conflict is probably best explained by the preoccupation of Roderic with Arab raids and not to a formal division of the kingdom.<ref name=collins139>Collins, ''Visigothic'', 139.</ref>

A Visigothic regnal list mentions "Ruderigus" as having reigned seven years and six months, while two other continuations of the ''Chronicon Regum Visigothorum'' record Achila's reign of three years.<ref name=collins132/> In contrast to the regnal lists, which cannot be dated, the ''Chronicle of 754'', written at Toledo, says that "Rudericus" reigned for a year.<ref name=collins132/>