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Vandals
Vandals ancient Germanic tribe. They originated in N Jutland and, along with other Germanic peoples, settled in the valley of the Oder about the 5th cent. BC They appeared in Pannonia and Dacia in the 3d cent. AD, apparently under imperial aegis. In the early 5th cent., the Vandals began a migratio... Read more
Gaiseric
Gaiseric or Genseric , c.390-477, king of the Vandals and Alani (428-77), one of the ablest of the barbarian invaders of the Roman Empire. He led (429) his people from Spain into Africa, possibly at the request of Boniface , and quickly subdued a large territory, which was later (435) ceded to ... Read more
Paulus Orosius
Paulus Orosius , c.385-420, Iberian priest, theologian, and historian, b. Tarragona, Spain or Braga, Portugal. He went to see St. Augustine (c.413) and wrote, on request, a summary of the errors of Priscillian and of Origen. Augustine then sent him to Palestine to warn St. Jerome of the menace of Pe... Read more
Zeno
Zeno , d. 491, Roman emperor of the East (474-491). An Isaurian, he succeeded his son Leo II and was the son-in-law of Leo I. During his reign he suppressed several revolts. He was driven from his throne for a period of 20 months (475-76) by the usurper Basiliscus . One of his first acts was to con... Read more
Belisarius
Belisarius , c.505-565, Byzantine general under Justinian I . After helping to suppress (532) the dangerous Nika riot (see Blues and Greens ), he defeated (533-34) the Vandals of Africa, and captured their king. In 535 he was given command of the expedition to recover Italy from the Ostrogoths. He... Read more
Benghazi
Benghazi or Bengasi , city (1985 est. pop. 490,500), capital of Benghazi municipality, NE Libya, the main city of Cyrenaica and a port on the Mediterranean Sea. It is primarily an administrative and commercial center. Manufactures include processed food, beverages, textiles, and cement. On the s... Read more
Constantine
Constantine , ancient Cirta, city (1998 pop. 462,187), capital of Constantine dept., NE Algeria, on the gorge of the Rhumel River. A major inland city, it is the railhead of a prosperous and diverse agricultural area. Constantine is also a center of the grain trade and has flour mills, a tractor f... Read more
Dark Ages
Dark Ages The 5th to the 8th centuries in Europe. Following the collapse of the Roman empire, many Germanic tribes crossed through Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and North Africa, often attacking and destroying towns. Rome was sacked on three successive occasions. Many tribes formed their own kingdo... Read more
Numidia
Numidia , ancient country of NW Africa, very roughly the modern Algeria . It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa , ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 BC) with Rome in the Punic Wars . After the Roman victory over Carthage led to peace in 201 BC, Masinissa was awarded rule o... Read more
Procopius
Procopius , d. 565?, Byzantine historian, b. Caesarea in Palestine. He accompanied Belisarius on his campaigns as his secretary, and later he commanded the imperial navy and served (562) as prefect of Constantinople. His education, high connections, and public offices give his histories great valu... Read more

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Vandals
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...428, Gunderic, the Vandal king, died and was succeeded...conditions in Africa, the Vandals crossed (429) to that...taken as hostages. The Vandals were Arian Christians...made attempts to destroy Vandal power, but Zeno was...Gaiseric, however, the Vandals declined quickly as a...
Gaiseric
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...ruler of the Germanic tribe of the Vandals who established a kingdom in North Africa and in 455 sacked Rome. The Vandals were one of several tribes pushed into...half brother Gunderic in 428, the Vandals were settled in southern Spain. However...
Flavius Stilicho
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Stilicho (died 408) was a Roman general of Vandal origin who maintained the territorial...Stilicho was from the German tribe of the Vandals but served with distinction as a cavalry...The Italians were hostile toward the Vandal. Factions in the court led by a palace...
Justinian I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...such as those of the Visigoths in Spain, the Vandals in North Africa, the Franks in Gaul, and...sent to Spain. The two primary targets were Vandal North Africa and Ostrogothic Italy. The Vandal kingdom was quickly destroyed by Justinian...
Tunisia
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...traders who arrived over the centuries: Vandals, Byzantines, Phoenicians, Romans...were overtaken in 439 A.D. by Vandals in boats that were pressed out of Spain. Less than a century after the Vandal conquest, Carthage was retaken in...
Boniface
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the invasion (429) of Africa by the Vandals under Gaiseric. A truce was arranged...and Rome, and Boniface attacked the Vandals. He was defeated and besieged (430...Boniface responsible for inviting the Vandals into Africa.
Attila
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Danube. Attila then turned his attention to the Western Empire. Geiseric the Vandal urged Attila to attack the Goths so as to remove their pressure on the Vandals, and Attila moved to attack the Visigoths. At the same time the sister of the...
Algeria
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...Roman Empire. In 429, a Germanic tribe of 800,000 Vandals crossed into Africa from Spain and pillaged Carthage...the Byzantines (429 through 536) raided and sacked the Vandal kingdom. For more than 1,000 years (642 through 1830...
Valentinian III
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Aetius was the actual ruler in the West. In Africa, Boniface was defeated (430) by the Vandals under Gaiseric ; by 442 Aetius was obliged to acknowledge Vandal independence. The empire was also disturbed by the war between Aetius and Boniface...
Belisarius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...against the Germanic kingdoms in 533, Belisarius led a small force against the Vandals of North Africa. Through two overwhelming victories he destroyed the Vandal regime and recovered North Africa for the empire. For this he was allowed to celebrate...

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Vandal
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Vandal a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, Rome (455), and...in English from the mid 16th century; from the mid 17th century, the word vandal is used for a person who deliberately destroys or damages public or private...
vandal
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...person who deliberately destroys or damages public or private property: the rear window of the car was smashed by vandals. 2. ( Vandal ) a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th–5th centuries...
Vandals
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Vandals A Germanic tribe that migrated from the Baltic coast in the 1st century BC. After taking Pannonia in the 4th century they were...
Genseric
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...or Gaiseric ) ( c. 390–477 AD) King of the VANDALS from 428. An ARIAN Christian, he was ousted by the GOTHS...indulged in a fortnight of looting. Fleets sent against the Vandals in 457 and 468 were defeated, and, at his death Genseric...
archaeology
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...ostraca (potsherds) have been passed over to the experts in epigraphy for dating though there was serious damage in Iraq by vandals towards the end of the war in 2003. Places mentioned in the Bible have been definitely located by archaeology, and the historical...
Belisarius
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...530 he defeated the Persians in the east, although they quickly reasserted themselves in Syria. Six years later he conquered Vandal North Africa, capturing its king. In 535–40 he took back Italy from the OSTROGOTHS , advancing as far north as...
Tunisia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...BC, and, despite Berber resistance, Rome made the province of Africa Procon-sularis rich in corn, olives, and vines. VANDALS from Spain took it in 429, but BYZANTIUM recovered it in 533. The Berbers, nevertheless, held the interior, giving way...
Leo I, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...of Christological orthodoxy. He persuaded the Huns to withdraw beyond the Danube (452) and secured concessions when the Vandals took Rome (455). 143 genuine letters and some 97 sermons survive. Feast day in the E., 18 Feb.; in the W., 10 Nov...
laugh
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...uncontrollably. laugh in someone's face show open contempt for someone by laughing rudely at them in their presence: fig. vandals and muggers who laugh in the face of the law. the laugh is on me (or you , him , etc.) the tables are turned and now the...
Evil
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Espy, 339 – 340] Satan the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of man. [Christianity and Judaism: Misc.] Vandals East German people known for their wanton destruction (533). [Ger. Hist.: Payton, 705] Wicked Witch of the West the...

Thesaurus entries related to "Vandals"

vandal
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus vandal • noun  vandals defaced the front steps of the church synonyms : hoodlum, barbarian, thug, hooligan, delinquent, despoiler, desecrator, saboteur.
delinquent
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...antonym: dutiful. • noun  young delinquents synonyms : offender, wrongdoer, malefactor, lawbreaker, culprit, criminal; hooligan, vandal, mischief-maker, ruffian, hoodlum, lowlife, punk; young offender.
ruffian
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ruffian • noun  a gang of young ruffians synonyms : thug, lout, hooligan, hoodlum, vandal, delinquent, rowdy, scoundrel, villain, rogue, bully, brute; informal tough, roughneck, bruiser, heavy, yahoo, goon.
pollute
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...adulterated with false statistics). To defile is to pollute something that should be kept pure or sacred (a church defiled by vandals), while taint implies that a trace of something toxic or corrupt has been introduced (he contracted the disease from a tainted...
barbarian
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...the city was besieged by barbarians synonyms : savage, heathen, brute, beast, wild man/woman; ruffian, thug, lout, vandal, boor, hoodlum, hooligan, Neanderthal, troglodyte; philistine; informal roughneck, lowlife. • adjective...
thug
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus thug • noun  one of Capone's thugs synonyms : ruffian, hooligan, vandal, hoodlum, gangster, villain, criminal; informal tough, bruiser, goon, heavy, enforcer, hired gun, hood.
hoodlum
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...x2022; noun   1. hoodlums vandalizing telephone booths synonyms : ruffian, hooligan, thug, rowdy, delinquent, vandal, mugger; inf. tough, rough, hood.   2. hoodlums killing policemen synonyms : gangster, mobster, gunman, murderer...
hooligan
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English hooligan • noun   synonyms : ruffian, thug, rowdy, delinquent, vandal, mugger, hoodlum; inf. tough, rough.

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Vandals Exhibit Sacks Some Cultural Myths
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/25/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...invented for the Vandals who rampaged through...lies in the words vandal and vandalism. But...1663. In a way, vandal and vandalism were...according to Hulten the Vandals got a bum rap. The...origins (did the Vandals come from Ultima...since there was a Vandal tribe called Hasting...
Vandal floors foe to head back to city hall
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 10/26/2006; 681 words ; ST. BONIFACE 62 of 62 polls Dan Vandal 9,785 Franco Magnifico* 6,989 Murray Cliff 485 By Mia Rabson FORMER boxer Dan Vandal delivered a knockout punch to incumbent...about 2,800 votes. "You know what?" Vandal asked a group of boisterous supporters...
Vandal lives it up in `KL'
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 6/27/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Hazwani Che Din New Straits Times 06-27-2003 Vandal lives it up in `KL' Byline: Kwan Suet Yeing...catch up with Canadian rapper Jason Schadt aka Vandal. GET ready for the rapper called Vandal who spends much of his free time "vandalising...
Acid vandal too dumb to quit
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 9/6/2007; 700+ words ; ...attempt to capture the infamous "acid vandal" who has been terrorizing neighborhoods...nothing has worked. Last Thursday, the vandal struck again, this time in the 900 block...400 vehicles have been targeted by the vandal, resulting in more than $350,000 in...
Vandal women's basketball lose last chance
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/18/2008; ; 585 words ; ...abruptly as it started for the Vandals in Las Cruces, N.M. on March 11. The Vandal women fell to the San Jose State...tournament, and the loss led the Vandals to the end of their season. The Vandals led by three points at halftime...
INTERVIEW: Punk leader, Vandals bassist Joe Escalante talks shop
News Wire article from: University Wire; 5/15/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Formed in the early '80s, the Vandals have gone through a number...drums). This Saturday the Vandals will bring their kinetic punk...playing bass, Escalante runs the Vandal's label, Kung Fu Records...interview? radar!: Do the Vandals do a lot of college shows...
Vandals enter Washington's 'Dawg House' for third year straight
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/27/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Once again history is not on the side of the Idaho Vandals. The Vandals enjoyed 14,887 screaming Idaho fans last week in...in big stadiums has become all too common for the Vandals this season with losses at Boise State, Washington...
Aladdin Discovers Creators of Common Hybris Vandal; New eSafe Solutions Protect Organizations From Such Threats Using Advanced Proactive Technologies.
Business Wire; 1/9/2001; 700+ words ; ...time interval. This vandals uses its own SMTP engine...email was sent, the vandal will send itself attached...anticipated this new breed of vandals. The beauty of Aladdin...is that knowledge of a vandal is not needed. eSafe...organizations from such harmful vandals that breach security...
Rivals prod Vandal on hog-plant stance
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 10/11/2006; ; 629 words ; ...demanded yesterday that candidate Dan Vandal come clean about his stance on pigs...Boniface Residents Association, said Vandal has been wishy-washy about his position...decisions isn't someone I want." But Vandal said yesterday he's always been clear...
Vandal wants his old job back
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 6/28/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...seatface=-Bold; By Bartley Kives AS Dan Vandal walks into a Marion Street breakfast joint...office again. "I think I will," said Vandal the third time he's asked, confirming...for his old council seat on Oct. 25. Vandal, who finished a distant second to Sam...