Gaiseric promised to spare the lives of the inhabitants and not to destroy the public buildings. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Gaiseric attacked Rome, on the invitation (according to tradition) of Valentinian's widow, Eudoxia. From Wordnik.com. [3. The Vandals] Reference
She had been joined in wedlock with Huneric, the son of Gaiseric, and at first was happy in this union. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
Now this is their order of succession: first, Gaiseric 170 who was father and lord, next, Huneric, the third. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
For at this time he had almost lost them, and moreover they had been devastated by the invasion of Gaiseric, king of the Vandals. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
SACK OF ROME BY THE VAND.LS, 455 A.D. In 455 A.D. the ships of the Vandals, led by their king, Gaiseric, appeared at the mouth of the Tiber. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Gaiseric, still famous in the City for the disaster 168 of the Romans, was a man of moderate height and lame in consequence of a fall from his horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
XXXVI Now when Gaiseric, king of the Vandals, 184 whom we mentioned shortly before, learned that his mind was bent on the devastation of the world, he incited. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
Roman rule of Mauretania extended into the early fifth century, when the Vandal king Gaiseric descended on the area; by 461 Rome had given up claim to the provinces. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Trade With the Canary Islands] Reference
His brother Gaiseric received an appeal from Bonifatius, the Roman governor of Africa, following which the Vandals (perhaps 80,000 in number) crossed into Africa (429). From Wordnik.com. [3. The Vandals] Reference
XXXIII But Gaiseric, king of the Vandals, had already 167 been invited into Africa by Boniface, who had fallen into a dispute with the Emperor Valentinian and was able to obtain revenge only by injuring the empire. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
Attila, therefore, in his efforts to bring about the wars 185 long ago instigated by the bribe of Gaiseric, sent ambassadors into Italy to the Emperor Valentinian to sow strife between the Goths and the Romans, thinking to shatter by civil discord those whom he could not crush in battle. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
Teutonic swarm-leaders, like Alaric the Visigoth, like Gaiseric the. From Wordnik.com. [Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation] Reference
With the reign of Gaiseric some degree of toleration was allowed to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003] Reference
From 427 their king was Genseric (Gaiseric), who in 429 landed in North Africa with about 80,000 of his followers. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
It had thus taken less than a year to level with the ground the whole fabric of Vandal dominion, reared a century before by the terrible Gaiseric, and to reunite Africa to the Roman. From Wordnik.com. [Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation] Reference
Little matter who she was forced to marry because her marrying anyone at all seemed to anger Gaiseric, who may have had a funny name but had a large Vandal army and fleet at his disposal. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
Gaiseric and the Vandals sacked Rome. From Wordnik.com. [e. The Later Fifth Century] Reference
Gaiseric being "King of the Vandals and Alans", Gundobad, "King of the. From Wordnik.com. [Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation] Reference
In 477 Gaiseric died. From Wordnik.com. [The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003] Reference
Gaiseric, king of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
Gaiseric (Genseric), king of the Vandals, 103-4. From Wordnik.com. [The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003] Reference
Gaiseric, Vandal leader. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 28] Reference
Gaiseric. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Gaiseric and Belisarius). From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
Geiseric, Gaiseric, less properly Genseric. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War] Reference
No Roman but remembered in bitterness of soul how in June, 455, the long ships of the Vandals appeared at the mouth of the Tiber, how Gaiseric and his men landed, marched to the Eternal City, and entered it unopposed, how they remained there for a fortnight, not perhaps slaying or ravishing, but with calm insolence plundering the city of all that they cared to carry away, stripping off what they supposed to be the golden roof of the Capitol, removing the statues from their pedestals, transporting everything that seemed beautiful or costly, and stowing away all their spoils in the holds of those insatiable vessels of theirs which lay at anchor at. From Wordnik.com. [Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation] Reference
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