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
435–534
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
Preceded by Succeeded by Africa (Roman Province) Sicilia (Roman Province) Praetorian prefecture of Africa Kingdom of Aures
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

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  View from the Gibraltar strait to North Africa where the Vandals crossed into Africa.

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  Sacking of Rome

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  Map of the operations of the Vandalic War.

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  The location of Carthage, the Vandal capital.

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  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.