Vandal Kingdom
The Vandal Kingdom (Latin: Regnum Vandalorum; or Regnum Vandalorum et Alanum) Was a kingdom of Vandals and Alans in North Africa (formerly Roman Africa) which was one of the Germanic tribes from Europe that Invaded the Roman Empire in the late 5th Century AD established under Gaiseric. The Vandals ruled North Africa and dominated the Mediterranean for 100 years until the Vandalic conquest of North Africa by the Byzantine Empire.
Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans Regnum Vandalicum et Alanum Vandaliric | |||||||||||||
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| 435–534 | |||||||||||||
| Vandal Kingdom at it's greatest extent before the Gothic conquest of Sicily 491 AD Vandal Kingdom at it's greatest extent before the Gothic conquest of Sicily 491 AD | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Hippo Regius (435 - 439) Carthage | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Latin (spoken by the elites) Vandalic Punic Numidian Alanic Greek | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Arianism (among the elites) Nicene Christianity Chalcedonian Christianity | ||||||||||||
| Government | Pre-feudal Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||
• 435-477 | Gaiseric (first) | ||||||||||||
• 530-534 | Gelimer (last) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• | 435 | ||||||||||||
• | 534 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Tunisia Nigeria Libya France (Corsica) Italy (Sardinia, Sicily) Spain (Baelaric Islands) | ||||||||||||
The conquest of North Africa by the Vandals was a blow to the rapidly detoriating Western Roman Empire as North Africa was a major source of revenue and a supplier of grain (mostly wheat) to the city of Rome.
The Vandal Kingdom came to an end after Belisarius conquered North Africa in 534 ending a century rule of the Vandals.
Vandal Kingdom Media
- Südgipfel Gibraltar.JPG
View from the Gibraltar strait to North Africa where the Vandals crossed into Africa.
- Genseric sacking rome 456.jpg
Sacking of Rome
- Vandalic War campaign map.png
Map of the operations of the Vandalic War.
- Carthage location.png
The location of Carthage, the Vandal capital.
- Archive-ugent-be-79D46426-CC9D-11E3-B56B-4FBAD43445F2 DS-213 (cropped).jpg
Excerpt from the manuscript "Théâtre de tous les peuples et nations de la terre avec leurs habits et ornemens divers, tant anciens que modernes, diligemment depeints au naturel". Painted by Lucas d'Heere in the 2nd half of the 16th century.