Gaiseric
Americannoun
noun
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It had thus taken less than a year to level with the ground the whole fabric of Vandal dominion, reared a century before by the terrible Gaiseric, and to reunite Africa to the Roman Republic.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas
In spite of the reconciliation between Bonifacius and the imperial government and their united opposition, Gaiseric was able to overrun the open country although he failed to capture the chief cities.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
At the death of Gaiseric in 477 A. D. the Vandal kingdom included all Roman Africa, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, and the fortress of Lilybaeum in Sicily.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
As I have just said, Theodoric the Ostrogoth, like almost all the great Teutonic swarm-leaders, like Alaric the Visigoth, like Gaiseric the Vandal, like Gundobad the Burgundian, was an Arian.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas
Gaiseric broke the peace and treacherously seized Carthage.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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