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Vandals

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The Vandals were a Germanic people who rose to prominence during the decline of the Roman Empire, eventually establishing a powerful kingdom in North Africa in the 5th century. They matter historically because they were major players in the fall of Rome and shaped the political landscape of the Mediterranean world during the early Middle Ages.

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Image: 026 Rekonstruktionsversuch wandalicher Trachten von dem Äußere Karpatensenken und Westbeskiden, 2 bis 3 Jh. PR DSC 1315 przeworsk.JPG

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Commons category: Vandals
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 0600-00-00

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Name
Classification
History
Origins
Early classical sources
Lugii
Przeworsk culture
Language
Introduction into the Roman Empire
In Britannia
In Gaul
Kingdom in North Africa
Establishment
Sack of Rome
Consolidation
Domestic religious tensions
Decline
Turbulent end
List of kings
Family tree of the kings of Vandals
Latin literacy
Legacy
See also
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

The Vandals were a Germanic people who were first mentioned in the written records as the inhabitants of what is now Poland, during the period of the Roman Empire. Much later, in the 5th century, a group of Vandals led by kings established Vandal kingdoms, first within the Iberian Peninsula, and then in the western Mediterranean islands and North Africa.