The Vandals were a Germanic people who were first reported in the written records as inhabitants of what is now Poland, during the period of the Roman empire. Much later, in the fifth century, a group of Vandals led by kings established Vandal kingdoms first within the Iberian Peninsula , and then in the western Mediterranean islands , and ...

2024年10月3日 · On December 31, 406 CE, a significant event occurred: a massive group of Vandals, Alans, Suebi, and other tribes crossed the frozen Rhine River. The Rhine had long served as a formidable natural barrier and a symbol of Roman power.

2014年11月25日 · The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who are first mentioned in Roman history in the Natural History of Pliny the Elder (77 CE). The Roman historian Tacitus also mentions them in his Germania (c. 98 CE), though he also refers to them as the "Lugi". Their name may mean "the wanderers" and was given by both Pliny and Tacitus as "Vandilii".

The Vandal Kingdom (Latin: Regnum Vandalum) or Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans (Latin: Regnum Vandalorum et Alanorum) was a confederation of Vandals and Alans, which was a barbarian kingdom established under Gaiseric, a Vandalic warlord. It ruled parts of North Africa and the Mediterranean for 99 years from 435 to 534 AD.

2025年1月15日 · Vandal, member of a Germanic people who maintained a kingdom in North Africa from 429 to 534 ce and who sacked Rome in 455. Their name has remained a synonym for willful desecration or destruction. Fleeing westward from the Huns at the beginning of the 5th century, the Vandals invaded and devastated parts of Gaul before settling in Spain in 409.

2015年10月19日 · The Vandals consolidated their power in North Africa, while King Geiseric ruled from Carthage. In 455 the Vandals plundered Rome itself, taking many valuables from it. Since Rome later became a symbol of civilization, culture, and Catholicism, the term “vandalism” was later adopted to denote any “barbaric” attack on these values.

2024年6月28日 · A Roman warlord named Bonifacius actually requested Gaiseric bring the Vandals into North Africa. He was hoping they could defeat his rivals and establish him as a ruler of Africa—heck, even of Rome at this point.

The Vandals’ control over African ports and the Mediterranean islands of Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia enabled them to directly confront the Roman navy in the Western Mediterranean, complicating any imperial efforts to reclaim the lost territory.

2024年6月13日 · The Vandals were a Germanic people whose activities during the late Roman Empire are often synonymous with senseless destruction, giving rise to the modern term “vandalism.” However, their history is more complex, featuring migrations across Europe, the establishment of a kingdom in North Africa, and interactions with the Roman Empire.

2023年10月20日 · The Vandals, who rose to power in the 5th century AD, took control of Roman government and even managed to stave off a failed invasion attempt by the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century. During their rule, they established their own distinct administrative structures and, while they maintained some of the existing Roman organs, they were far ...