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  2. Vandals - Wikipedia

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    Vandalic gold foil jewellery from the 3rd or 4th century A 16th century perception of the Vandals, illustrated in 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" which means "Theater of all the peoples and nations of the earth with their various clothes and ornaments, both ...

  3. Vandal Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Vandals departed with countless valuables, including the spoils of the Temple in Jerusalem booty brought to Rome by Titus. Eudoxia and her daughters were taken to Carthage, [18] where Eudocia married Huneric shortly thereafter. [citation needed] The sack of Rome earned the Vandals association with senseless destruction through the noun ...

  4. Vandalism - Wikipedia

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    The Vandals sacking Rome in 455 AD, painted by Karl Bryullov c. 1830. The Vandals, an ancient Germanic people, are associated with senseless destruction as a result of their sack of Rome under King Genseric in 455. During the Enlightenment, Rome was idealized, while the Goths and Vandals were blamed for its

  5. Gothic and Vandal warfare - Wikipedia

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    Visigoths had fewer cavalry, Ostrogoths had more cavalry than the Roman army, while Vandals were dominated by cavalry. [5] Cavalry mainly took the form of heavy, close combat cavalry armed with sword and lance. [4] Goths and likely Vandals as well favoured a long heavy lance of Sarmatian origin, the contus, which stood at 3

  6. Vandalic War - Wikipedia

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    The Vandals were also weakened by the hostility of their Roman subjects, the continued existence among the Vandals of a faction loyal to Hilderic, and by the ambivalent position of the Mauri tribes, who watched the oncoming conflict from the sidelines, ready to join the victor and seize the spoils. [23] [39]

  7. Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum

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    The Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum ("History of the Kings of the Goths, Vandals and Suevi") is a Latin history of the Goths from 265 to 624, written by Isidore of Seville. It is a condensed account and, due to its diverse sources, somewhat inconsistent.

  8. Archivist says vandals who threw paint on encased founding ...

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    A bizarre attack on the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in Washington DC earlier this year was like "an emotional buzzsaw," according to America's archivist.

  9. Vandal War (461–468) - Wikipedia

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    The Vandal War (461–468) was a long-term conflict between the two halves of the Roman Empire on the one hand and the Vandals in North Africa on the other. This war revolved around hegemony in the Mediterranean and the empire of the west. The Vandals as a rising power posed an enormous threat to the stability of the Roman Empire. [1]