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Genseric (c. 389 – January 25, 477) was once the king of the Germanic tribe known as the Vandals and the Iranian tribe known as the Alans, reigned in the Alans from 428 – 477. He established the Vandal kingdom and caused some of the most trouble in the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Within 50 years of his reign, he turned a Germanic tribe to a major Mediterranean power — then, after his death, the kingdom entered a decline very quickly and ended in collapse.

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  • Genseric (c. 389 – January 25, 477) was once the king of the Germanic tribe known as the Vandals and the Iranian tribe known as the Alans, reigned in the Alans from 428 – 477. He established the Vandal kingdom and caused some of the most trouble in the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Within 50 years of his reign, he turned a Germanic tribe to a major Mediterranean power — then, after his death, the kingdom entered a decline very quickly and ended in collapse.
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  • Genseric
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  • Siliqua of Genseric
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  • Ruler of the Vandal Kingdom
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  • --01-25
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  • 428(xsd:integer)
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  • c. 389 Lake Balaton, Hungary
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  • Genseric (c. 389 – January 25, 477) was once the king of the Germanic tribe known as the Vandals and the Iranian tribe known as the Alans, reigned in the Alans from 428 – 477. He established the Vandal kingdom and caused some of the most trouble in the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Within 50 years of his reign, he turned a Germanic tribe to a major Mediterranean power — then, after his death, the kingdom entered a decline very quickly and ended in collapse. Genseric succeeded his brother Gunderic when the Vandals were in Baetica (modern Andalusia, Spain). Genseric fought against the Suebi in the Battle of Mérida. He then was able to finally transport him and his people (80,000) to Northern Africa in 428 AD. Historians say that the Roman governor Bonifacius wished to use military strength of the Vandals against the imperial government. Genseric caused great devastation as he moved eastward from the Strait of Gibraltar across Africa. He turned on Bonifacius, defeated his army in 430, and then crushed the joint forces of the Eastern and Western empires that had been sent against him. In 435 Genseric concluded a treaty with the Romans under which the Vandals retained Mauretania and part of Numidia as federates (allies under special treaty) of Rome. In a surprise move on October 19, 439, Genseric captured Carthage, striking a devastating blow at imperial power. In a 442 treaty with Rome, the Vandals were recognized as the independent rulers of Byzacena and part of Numidia. Seizing Sicily in 440 AD and later the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Corsica, and Malta, Genseric’s fleet soon came to control much of the western Mediterranean. His most famous exploit, however, was the capture and plundering of Rome in June 455. Subsequently the King defeated two major efforts by the Romans to overthrow him, that of the emperor Majorian in 460 and that led by Basiliscus at the Battle of Cape Bon in 468. After dying in Carthage at the great age of 88, Genseric was succeeded by his son Huneric.
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