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The Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum ("History of the Kings of the Goths, Vandals and Suevi") is a Latin history of the Goths from 265 to 624, written by Isidore of Seville. It is a condensed account and, due to its diverse sources, somewhat inconsistent.
Following up the attack, the Vandals tried to invade the Peloponnese but were driven back by the Maniots at Kenipolis with heavy losses. [26] In retaliation, the Vandals took 500 hostages at Zakynthos, hacked them to pieces, and threw the pieces overboard on the way back to Carthage. [26] The location of Carthage, the Vandal capital.
Kings of the Vandals (11 P) S. Saints from the Vandal Kingdom (14 P) V. Vandalic War (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Vandal Kingdom" The following 11 pages are in this ...
The Vandals as a rising power posed an enormous threat to the stability of the Roman Empire. [1] Piracy and plunder were a scourge, threatening trade throughout the Mediterranean. The Roman war effort from 466 onwards was aimed at the destruction of the Vandal Kingdom in order to restore the empire to its original territory. [2]
After his father Godigisel's death in a battle against the Franks during the Crossing of the Rhine, Gaiseric became the second most powerful man among the Vandals, only answering to the newly appointed king, his half-brother Gunderic. His status as a noble of the king's family occurred before his more formal accession to the kingship. [3]
Thrasamund (c.450 – 523), became King of the Vandals and Alans in 496, [a] the fourth king in a line of rulers over the North African Kingdom of the Vandals. He was the son of Gento and the grandson of the Vandal Kingdom's founder, Gaiseric. Thrasamund ruled longer than any other Vandal king in Africa aside from his grandfather.
The missorium (silver dish) of Gelimer (Bibliothèque nationale de France) [1]Gelimer (original form possibly Geilamir, [2] c. 480–553), King of the Vandals and Alans (530–534), was the last Germanic ruler of the North African Kingdom of the Vandals.
At the same time, the Vandals, Suebi, and Respendial's Alans continued into Spain. [3] According to bishop Hydatius' chronicle, the Vandals (Silings and Asdings) were the first to arrive in Spain in September or October 409, [2] while Gregory notes that Suebi and Alans (presumably those led by Respendial [2]) followed them later. [1]