Vandals

Ereignisse (10)

• 406

  12/31 — Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.

• 409

  10/13 — Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.

• 439

  10/19 — Die Vandalen, angeführt von König Gaiseric, nehmen Karthago in Nordafrika ein.

• 455

  6/2 — Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.

• 455

  8/24 — The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.

• 481

  2/1 — Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage.

• 484

  12/23 — Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign Christians are protected from persecution.

• 533

  6/21 — Eine byzantinische Expeditionsflotte unter Belisarius segelt von Konstantinopel aus, um die Vandalen in Afrika, über Griechenland und Sizilien, anzugreifen.

• 533

  9/13 — Belisarius aus dem Byzantinischen Reich besiegte Gelimer und die Vandalen in der Schlacht von Ad Decimum, nahe Karthago, Nordafrika.

• 533

  12/15 — Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.