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.

Dec 13, 2014 · Gaiseric (r. 428-478 CE, also known as Genseric and Geiseric) was the greatest king of the Vandals who remained undefeated from the time he took the throne until his death. He was probably born in 389 CE near Lake Balaton (present-day Hungary), though this is uncertain.

Gaiseric (died 477) 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). In May 428 Gaiseric transported all his people, purported by him to number 80,000, to Africa.

Sep 10, 2017 · Meet one of the most important late antiquity kings you’ve never heard of: Gaiseric (a.k.a. Genseric), a Germanic kinglet who transformed his tribal affiliations into a massive realm in the 5th century AD.

Geiseric (also Genseric or Gaiseric) became king over the Vandals, Alans and a polyglot group of barbarians in Spain in 428. He was the illegitimate son of King Godagisel, born of a slave woman in 389. Of short stature, Geiseric walked with a limp as a result of a fall from a horse.

Jun 8, 2018 · Gaiseric (died 477) was the ruler of the Germanic tribe of the Vandals who established a kingdom in North Africa and in 455 sacked Rome. The Vandals were one of several tribes pushed into the Roman Empire by the attacks of the Huns.

Through his nearly 50 years of rule, he raised a relatively insignificant Germanic tribe to the status of a major Mediterranean power. His most famous exploit, however, was the capture and plundering of Rome in June 455.

Geiseric (also spelled as “Gaiseric” or “Genseric”; this is a Germanic name most likely meaning “Spear-king”) ruled his people for almost fifty years, and was one of the most powerful men of late antiquity.

Geiseric was the son of the King of the Vandals in Spain. He recognized the tenuous position of his people in Spain and prepared the invasion of North Africa. He conquered Carthage from the Romans and established the first Germanic state on West Roman territory in North Africa.

Genseric, the influential King of the Vandals and Alans, was a pivotal figure in the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. His rule, which spanned from 428 to 477 AD, was characterized by the robust expansion of his dominion across North Africa and the Mediterranean.