Genseric
Genseric (or Gaiseric ) ( c. 390 – 477 AD )King of the Vandals from 428 . An Arian Christian, he was ousted by the Goths from his lands in Spain and took his entire nation of 80,000 across to North Africa in 429 . He besieged Hippo just after the death of Augustine of Hippo . Carthage fell ten years later and from there he declared an independent kingdom. Three times he defeated the Roman armies. With a fleet he took Sicily and Sardinia. Rome nicknamed the campaign the “Fourth Punic war ”. In 455 he took Rome and indulged in a fortnight of...
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