Vandals

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The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that established a kingdom in North Africa and became notorious for their 455 sack of Rome, a key event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire.

Aliases (1)

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf East Germanic tribe
ancient people
alliedWith Alans
capital Carthage
conflictWith Byzantine Empire
surface form: "Eastern Roman Empire"

Western Roman Empire
continentOfOrigin Europe
controlled Balearic Islands
Corsica
Sardinia
Sicily
surface form: "Sicily (temporarily)"
crossed Strait of Gibraltar
defeatedBy Belisarius
Byzantine Empire
defeatEvent Vandalic War in North Africa
surface form: "Vandalic War"
endOfKingdom 534
enemyOf Roman North African landowners
Roman emperors
surface form: "Western Roman emperors"
enteredRegion Africa Proconsularis
surface form: "Roman province of Africa"
established Vandal Kingdom
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples
ethnonymOrigin possibly from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz
founded Vandal Kingdom
surface form: "Vandal Kingdom in North Africa"
governmentForm monarchy
historicalReputation notorious for destruction in Rome
invaded Italy
Roman North Africa
surface form: "Roman Africa"
king Genseric
surface form: "Gaiseric"

Gelimer
Huneric
knownFor naval power in the western Mediterranean
raids in the western Mediterranean
sacking of major Roman cities
languageFamily East Germanic languages
legacy word "vandalism" derived from their name
mergedWith Alans
migratedThrough Gaul
Iberian Peninsula
surface form: "Hispania"
migratedTo North Africa
militaryStrength strong navy
notableEvent Sack of Rome 455 AD
surface form: "Sack of Rome (455)"
opposedReligionOf Nicene Christianity
originRegion area around the Oder River
persecuted Nicene Christian clergy in Africa
religion Arianism
surface form: "Arian Christianity"
roleIn decline of the Western Roman Empire
settledIn Andalusia
surface form: "Baetica"

Galicia
surface form: "Gallaecia"
timePeriod Late Antiquity
yearOfSackOfRome 455

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alans alliedWith Vandals
Germania associatedWithTribe Vandals
subject surface form: "Sack of Rome (455)"
Hippo Regius conqueredBy Vandals
Vandal Kingdom ethnicGroup Vandals
Genseric ethnicity Vandals
this entity surface form: "Vandal"
Majorian fleetDestroyedBy Vandals
Majorian foughtAgainst Vandals
subject surface form: "Sack of Rome (455)"
Genseric memberOf Vandals
Tripolitania wasControlledBy Vandals

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