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Geiseric

Also known as Genseric

Gaiseric ( – 25 January 477 AD), also known as Geiseric or Genseric (; reconstructed Vandalic: ) was king of the Vandals and Alans from 428 to 477 AD. He ruled over the Vandal kingdom and played a key role in the decline of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century.

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Gaiseric was a Vandal king who ruled from 428 to 477 AD and led his people to significant military power in the Mediterranean region during the final decades of the Western Roman Empire. He is historically important because his conquests and raids, particularly against Roman territories, contributed substantially to the empire's collapse in the 5th century.

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Royalty.name: Gaiseric
Royalty.succession: King of the Vandals and Alans
Royalty.image: Siliqua of Gaiseric, ca. 455-476.jpg
Royalty.caption: Siliqua of Gaiseric c. 455-476 AD
Royalty.reign: 428–477 AD
Royalty.predecessor: Gunderic
Royalty.successor: Huneric
Royalty.father: Godigisel
Royalty.birth_place: Near Lake Balaton, Pannonia Prima, Western Roman Empire
Royalty.death_date: 25 January 477 (aged 87)
Royalty.death_place: Carthage, Vandal Kingdom
Royalty.religion: Arianism

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Religion: Arianism
Image: Siliqua Vandals Honorius.jpg

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Commons category: Genseric
date of death: 0477-01-25
date of birth: 0389-01-01
name in native language: Geisericus

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Path to kingship
Africa
Sack of Rome in 455
Later exploits and final years
See also
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
Further reading

The murder of Roman Emperor Valentinian III, who had betrothed his daughter to Gaiseric's son Huneric, led the Vandal king to invade Italy. The invasion culminated in his most famous exploit, the capture and plundering of Rome in June 455 AD. Gaiseric repulsed two major attempts by both halves of the Roman Empire to reclaim North Africa, inflicting devastating defeats on the forces of Majorian in 460 AD and Basiliscus in 468 AD. As a result, the Romans abandoned their campaign against the Vandals and concluded peace with Gaiseric. Gaiseric died in Carthage in 477 AD and was succeeded by his son, Huneric. During his nearly fifty year rule, Gaiseric transformed a relatively inconsequential Germanic tribe into a major Mediterranean power.