Vandals
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The Vandals were an Eastern [[Germanic tr cking Rome in 455 AD. They probably originated in [[S candina nd crossed the Balti
c to mainland Europe. They crossed the frozen River Rhine at the e
d of AD 407, along with ot
her barbarian peoples. Allied to a Sarmatian tribe called the Alans, they swe
formidable leader, Gaiseric. North African grain was the lifeblood of the (Western) Roman Empire, and the Vandal seizure of Mediterranean, had a deva
The Eastern Roman Empire fought a terrible war to regain North Africa, which succeeded, but at great cost.
er them, as from a Moorish/Arabic perspective it was âAl Andalusâ: the Land of the Vandals (the invaders having crossed from there to Africa).
e modern term of vandal, along with the word vandalism,