Vandals


 
 
Vandals

The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century and created a state in North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage. The Vandals may have given their name to the province of Andalusia (originally, Vandalusia, then Al-Andalus), in modern Spain, where they temporarily settled before pushing on to Africa.

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The Goth Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths and regent of the Visigoths, was allied by marriage with the Vandals, as well as with the Burgundians and the Franks under Clovis I.

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East Germanic tribe: redirectEast Germanic tribes...

Roman Empire: The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus)....

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Visigoths (1) - Burgundians (1) - Theodoric the Great (1) - Ostrogoths (1) - Ancient Roman (1) - Caesar Augustus (1) - Franks (1) - Clovis I (1) - Goth (1) - 5th century (1) - North Africa (1) - East Germanic tribe (1) - Roman Empire (1) - Spain (1) - Africa (1) -
 

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