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.

Gaiseric (c. 389 – 25 January 477), [1] also known as Geiseric or Genseric (Latin: Gaisericus, Geisericus; reconstructed Vandalic: *Gaisarīx) [a] was king of the Vandals and Alans from 428 to 477. He ruled over a kingdom and played a key role in the decline of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century.

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 North ...

Sep 2, 2022 · The Vandals were a Germanic people who sacked Rome and founded a kingdom in North Africa that flourished for about a century, until it was conquered by the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 534. History...

Feb 24, 2025 · 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. Learn more about the history of the Vandals in this article.

Gaiseric was the king of the Vandals and the Alani (428–477) who conquered a large part of Roman Africa and in 455 sacked Rome. Gaiseric succeeded his brother Gunderic at a time when the Vandals were settled in Baetica (modern Andalusia, Spain).

Mar 4, 2025 · A significant development of the Vandal period was that independent kingdoms, largely of Libyan character, emerged in the mountainous and desert areas. They appeared first in the Mauretanias, where the Roman frontier, already drawn back under Diocletian, receded further under the Vandal kings.

Oct 29, 2023 · The king of the vandals, Hilderic (523-530), was the son of Huneric from the Roman princess Evdokia, captured by the Vandals during the devastation of Rome. Hilderic was close with Justinian, who actually ruled the Byzantine Empire with his uncle, Emperor Justine, even before he became emperor.

Feb 19, 2025 · Who were the Vandals and where did they came from ? Vandals belong to the group of Eastern Germanic tribes. The main Vandal tribal groups were the Hasdingi and the Silingi. It is thought that at first they inhabited the Scandinavian Peninsula and Jutland, from where they displaced to the banks of the Oder river.

The Vandal Kingdom (Latin: Regnum Vandalum) or Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans (Latin: Regnum Vandalorum et Alanorum) was a kingdom established by the Germanic Vandals under Gaiseric in North Africa and the Mediterranean from 435 AD to 534 AD.