vandals

     

The Vanals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Goth Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths and regent of the Visigoths, was allied by marriage with the Vandals as well as with the Burgundians and the Franks under Clovis I.

Trivia about vandals

  • Contrary to their name, they didn't wreck Rome's art treasures while taking the city in 455
  • Under Gaiseric, this appropriately named group sacked Rome in 455 & stripped the city of its treasures
  • This University of Idaho nickname is from an old Germanic tribe whose name has come to mean troublemakers
  • During the 5th century, this Teutonic tribe conquered part of North Africa & ruled there for 100 years
  • 455 A.D.: These people, whose name is now synonymous with pillage & destruction, sack Rome

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