[lqclamar]

In other words, Visigothic Iberia was an ally of Rome but had a very different legal and administrative system and was recognized both by its own rulers and those of Rome to be a new state on the peninsula.

Actually a Roman Foederatus was recognized as a subordinate state, entreatied by alliance to Rome.

[zimdog]

Actually a Roman Foederatus was recognized as a subordinate state, entreatied by alliance to Rome.

So Visigothic Spain was subordinated to Rome until it fell. Fine.