 The Visigothic and Burgundian kingdoms in Gaul fell to Clovis' Frankish invasions in the early 6th century; the Vandal kingdom in north Africa and the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy and Illyria fell to Justinian I's Byzantine invasions by the mid 6th century.The Visigothic kingdom in Hispania survived (despite losing most of their old Gallic territory) until the Islamic conquest of Hispania in the early 8th century.The Gothic tribes did not have long-term standing armies but relied on short-term levies or volunteers.