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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 Vandals ancient Germanic tribe. They originated...imperial aegis. In the early 5th cent., the Vandals began a migration that was to take them...of unsettled conditions in Africa, the Vandals crossed (429) to that continent and defeated...
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...
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.
Justinian I
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...century. To this end, he sent his armies against the Vandals in North Africa (roughly, modern Algeria and Tunisia), the Visigoths in Spain, and the Ostrogoths in Italy. The Vandals surrendered in 534, but the Visigoths and Ostrogoths proved...
Flavius Ricimer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...456 by the emperor Avitus to stop a threatened attack of the Vandals on Sicily. He succeeded and was awarded the rank of comes...the former failed in his expedition against Gaiseric and the Vandals, Ricimer had him deposed and executed (461). In November...
Tunisia
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...and the invaders and traders who arrived over the centuries: Vandals, Byzantines, Phoenicians, Romans, Jews, Arabs, Andalusians...susceptible themselves to conquest, were overtaken in 439 A.D. by Vandals in boats that were pressed out of Spain. Less than a century...
Seville
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...emperors Trajan and Hadrian were born), of which some ruins remain. Seville continued as the chief city of S Spain under the Vandals and the Visigoths. In the 6th cent. Seville was a center of learning. Falling to the Moors in 712, it was (c.1023...
Sicily
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...on Sicily, especially at Agrigento, Syracuse, Segesta, and Selinunte. After the fall of Rome, Sicily passed from the Vandals (mid-5th cent. AD) to the Goths (493) and then to the Byzantines (535). The Arabs conquered the island in the 9th...
Ricimer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Ricimer , d. 472, Roman general of the tribe of the Suebi. After winning (456) two victories over the Vandals, he allied with the senate and deposed (456) Emperor Avitus . Thereafter the true ruler of Italy, he erected a series of puppet...
Leo I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to counteract the preponderance of Germans in the Roman army by enlisting Isaurians. A naval expedition (468) against the Vandals of Africa failed through the incompetence or treachery of the commander, Basiliscus , who delayed his attack until Gaiseric...

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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...
Morocco
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...formed in northern Morocco in the 4th century BC; the Romans made it the province of Mauritania Tingitana, based on Tangier. Vandals from Spain occupied the region from 428, but the Berbers controlled the interior even after the Byzantines had recovered the...
Justinian I
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...that they had lost their initial vigour, he hoped to revive the old Roman empire. His general, BELISARIUS , crushed the Vandals in Africa (533) and the Ostrogoths in Italy (535–53), making Ravenna the centre of government. His greater...
coins and currency
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...but by c. AD 430 the import and use of coins seems to have ended. The peoples who penetrated the Roman empire—Vandals, Visigoths, Lombards, Franks, Angles, and Saxons—soon began to issue their own currency. At first the coins...
Leo, St
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...Roman see to Africa, Spain, and Gaul. He persuaded the Huns to retire beyond the Danube and secured concessions from the Vandals when they captured Rome. His feast day is (in the Eastern Church) 18 February; (in the Western Church) 11 April.
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...
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...
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...
Roman empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...and the invasion of land-hungry migrating tribes. Rome was sacked by the VISIGOTHS in 410, Carthage was conquered by the VANDALS in 455, and in 476 Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the Western empire was deposed. The Eastern empire ( BYZANTINE...

Thesaurus entries related to "Vandals"

pollute
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...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...
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.

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Vandals Exhibit Sacks Some Cultural Myths
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/25/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...mists of time'' might have been invented for the Vandals who rampaged through Europe's Dark Ages and whose...from Carthage, is dedicated to proving that the Vandals weren't vandals at all. Where one might expect to see on display...
INTERVIEW: Punk leader, Vandals bassist Joe Escalante talks shop
News Wire article from: University Wire; 5/15/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...U-WIRE) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Vandals bassist Joe Escalante has a lot to say...oblivion has not been the fate of the Vandals. Touring relentlessly, drawing new fans...new music all the same, has kept the Vandals intact in the California hardcore punk...
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...
Vandals come up just shy: Northern Illinois takes advantage of blunders.
Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA); 9/23/2007; 700+ words ; ...MOSCOW, Idaho -- Most amazing. The Idaho Vandals made so many huge mistakes, yet Northern...disappointed in the outcome of the game," Vandals defensive end Taylor Rust said. "We...minutes." It's hard to believe the Vandals (1-3) had a chance after the first...
`HIGHLY UNLIKELY' CEMETERY VANDALS WOULD DO TIME
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 11/4/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...04-1995 `HIGHLY UNLIKELY' CEMETERY VANDALS WOULD DO TIME By SEAMUS McGRAW, Staff...for swift and severe punishment for the vandals who scrawled swastikas on Jewish tombstones...pursuing several leads to the identity of the vandals who desecrated 19 tombstones at the Passaic...
CD REVIEW: Vandals survive the test of time
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/29/2000; ; 554 words ; ...the Circle Jerks, Bad Religion and the Vandals were setting local clubs aflame with their...the test of time: Bad Religion and the Vandals, whose new album, Look What I Almost...of the band's first release. Early Vandals songs were staples of Los Angeles-based...
Make example of hardhearted vandals.(News)(Editorials)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 6/4/2008; 700+ words ; ...the few minutes it takes for insensitive vandals to destroy it. We have seen numerous...be found in Geneva, where a vandal or vandals threw 180 plants into the Fox River from...Way bug sculptures have been damaged by vandals. This is not the first time the long...
CD REVIEW: Look what LA punks The Vandals' 'Almost Stepped In...'
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/21/2000; ; 470 words ; ...Mass. -- Led by Dave Quackenbush, the Vandals, one of Southern California's staple...mildly-acclaimed album Hitler's Bad, Vandals Good. Formed in 1981, the band has changed...punk bands to break up and reform, the Vandals have been playing for almost two decades...
Vandals continue excellent form.
Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England); 9/17/2007; 444 words ; Halifax Vandals 23 Ossett 0 VANDALS thoroughly deserved their Yorkshire Five A victory following a...Adam Atkins set the home side on their way with a penalty, but Vandals had to repel some pressure as Ossett grabbed the initiative. However...
Vandals cut loose after the break.
Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England); 10/1/2007; 506 words ; Halifax Vandals 32 Mosborough 7 VANDALS scored four second half tries to recover from a 7-6 interval...Alexis-Bailey had made a snaking run into the Mosborough 22. Vandals had the lion's share of possession but their eagerness to score...