LEADER 02841oam 22004933 450 001 9910959482903321 005 20240501031028.0 010 $a9781473880221 010 $a147388022X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000719078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4532716 035 $a(Perlego)2441544 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000719078 100 $a20231204d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Vandals 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cPen & Sword Books Limited,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource 311 08$a9781473837706 311 08$a1473837707 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Maps -- Chapter 1: Germania -- Chapter 2: In the Bleak Midwinter -- Chapter 3: A Spanish Interlude -- Chapter 4: Into Africa -- Chapter 5: Mare Nostrum -- Chapter 6: The Next Generation -- Chapter 7: The Empire Strikes Back -- Chapter 8: Moors and Mutineers -- Chronology -- The Vandal and Alan Kings -- The Later Roman Emperors -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography. 330 8 $aAn up-close look at the Germanic people who sacked Rome in the fifth century AD. On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive lines, and began a rampage across Roman Gaul, sacking cities such as Metz, Arras, and Strasbourg. Foremost amongst them were the Vandals, and their search for a new homeland took them on the most remarkable odyssey. The Romans were unable to stop them and their closest allies, the Alans, marching the breadth of Gaul, crossing the Pyrenees, and making themselves masters of Spain. However, this kingdom of the Vandals and Alans soon came under intense pressure from Rome's Visigothic allies. In 429, under their new king, Gaiseric, they crossed the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. They quickly overran this rich Roman province and established a stable kingdom. Taking to the seas, they soon dominated the Western Mediterranean and raided Italy, famously sacking Rome itself in 455. Eventually, however, they were utterly conquered by Belisarius in 533 and vanished from history. Simon MacDowall narrates and analyzes these events, with particular focus on the evolution of Vandal armies and warfare. 606 $aVandals 606 $aVandals$xMigrations 606 $aVandals$zAfrica, North$xHistory 615 0$aVandals. 615 0$aVandals$xMigrations. 615 0$aVandals$xHistory. 676 $a937/.09 676 $a937.09 700 $aMacDowall$b Simon$01809622 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959482903321 996 $aThe Vandals$94360519 997 $aUNINA