 After crossing the Pyrenees in 409, these migrating Suebi established themselves in the Roman province of Gallaecia (modern Galicia and northern Portugal), where they were considered foederati, and founded the Kingdom of the Suebi of Gallaecia.There, Hermeric swore fealty to the emperor in 410.Bracara Augusta, the modern city of Braga in Portugal, previously the capital of Roman Gallaecia, now became the capital of the Suebic kingdom in Gallaecia.