Vandals

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East Germanic tribe ancient people

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vandals canonical 32
Vandal 2
Vandal Sardinia 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 (35)

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

Sack of Rome 455 AD → combatant → Vandals ⓘ
subject surface form: Sack of Rome (455)
Sack of Rome 455 AD → involvedEthnicGroup → Vandals ⓘ
subject surface form: Sack of Rome (455)
Marcomannic Wars → conflictCombatant → Vandals ⓘ
Tripolitania → wasControlledBy → Vandals ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Vandals ⓘ
Alans → alliedWith → Vandals ⓘ
Roman–Germanic wars → mainBelligerent → Vandals ⓘ
Genseric → memberOf → Vandals ⓘ
Genseric → ethnicity → Vandals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandal
Germania → associatedWithTribe → Vandals ⓘ
Majorian → foughtAgainst → Vandals ⓘ
Majorian → fleetDestroyedBy → Vandals ⓘ
Hippo Regius → conqueredBy → Vandals ⓘ
University of Idaho → nickname → Vandals ⓘ
Roman North Africa → laterConqueredBy → Vandals ⓘ
East Germanic peoples → hasPart → Vandals ⓘ
Muslim conquest of North Africa → hasParticipant → Vandals ⓘ
Huns → foughtAgainst → Vandals ⓘ
Vandalia, Illinois → namedAfter → Vandals ⓘ
Huneric → ethnicGroup → Vandals ⓘ
Gunthamund → ethnicGroup → Vandals ⓘ
Great Migration → involved → Vandals ⓘ
Jordanes → wroteAbout → Vandals ⓘ
Thrasamund → ethnicGroup → Vandals ⓘ
Gelimer → ethnicGroup → Vandals ⓘ
East Germanic languages → historicalSpeakers → Vandals ⓘ
Roman Spain → laterInvadedBy → Vandals ⓘ
Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE) → participant → Vandals ⓘ
Godigisel → ethnicity → Vandals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandal
Godigisel → leaderOf → Vandals ⓘ
Przeworsk culture (partly) → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Vandals ⓘ
subject surface form: Przeworsk culture
Germanic Europe → includesPeople → Vandals ⓘ
Chronicle of Hydatius → mentionsGroup → Vandals ⓘ
Scirian → relatedTo → Vandals ⓘ
Roman Sardinia → followedBy → Vandals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandal Sardinia