The Vandals
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| Autore: |
MacDowall Simon
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| Titolo: |
The Vandals
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Pen & Sword Books Limited, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 937/.09 |
| 937.09 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Vandals |
| Vandals - Migrations | |
| Vandals - Africa, North - History | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | An 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Vandals |
| ISBN: | 9781473880221 |
| 147388022X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910959482903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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