Genseric

[jen-ser-ik, gen-]

noun

a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.

Also Gaiseric.

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We may place this moment at the date of its capture by Genseric.
The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI
Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
Rome was pillaged fourteen days by Genseric during his reign.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology
Joel Munsell
Genseric, prince of the Vandals, and the vessels of the Temple, 611.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz
Eudoxia met Genseric at the gates in royal robes and jewels.
The Roman and the Teuton
Charles Kingsley
Among her works are odes, eclogues, idyls, and a tragedy (Genseric).
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British Dictionary definitions for genseric

Genseric

Gaiseric

noun

?390–477 ad, king of the Vandals (428–77). He seized Roman lands, esp extensive parts of N Africa, and sacked Rome (455)

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