Risultati di ricerca
The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century. The Vandals migrated to the area between the lower Oder and Vistula rivers in the second century BC and settled in Silesia from ...
16 mag 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 set 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....
25 nov 2014 · 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...
- Joshua J. Mark
26 ago 2019 · Desperate, the Roman Empire recognized the Vandals and made a treaty that ensured they would leave Rome itself alone. The Vandals adopted many facets of Roman culture, including its dress and...
- 5 min
- Erin Blakemore
13 giu 2024 · Who were the Vandals and where did they originally come from? The Vandals were a Germanic tribe originally residing in Northern Europe. They were divided into two main groups, the Hasdingi and the Silingi.
1 giu 2024 · The Vandals, a nomadic Germanic tribe, established a powerful kingdom in North Africa. Despite their infamous reputation due to the sack of Rome in 455 CE, which gave rise to the term “vandalism,” they were more than mere looters and destroyers.
