So the Goths and Swedes together forced the much richer Vandals in to join with the other two crowns. Historic records suggest that the Hasdingi and the Goths were at odds with one another , around the same time that Constantine the Great was in power. After this episode, the Vandals disappeared into obscurity again, and only reappeared in Jordanes’ The Origin and Deeds of the Goths . Gaiseric, however, was said to only be interested in the plunder that was to be had: “And Gizeric, for no other reason than that he suspected that much money would come to him, set sail for Italy with a great fleet.” With regards to the plunder, Procopius wrote: “… placing an exceedingly great amount of gold and other imperial treasure  in his ships sailed to Carthage, having spared neither bronze nor anything else whatsoever in the palace. ]Available at: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16765/16765-h/16765-h.htm, I am a university student doing a BA degree in Archaeology. According to this writer, the Vandals, or Vandili, were one of the five groups of Germanic peoples, and consisted of several smaller tribes: “There are five German races; the Vandili, parts of whom are the Burgundiones, the Varini, the Carini, and the Gutones.”. It has been claimed that the Vandal sacking of Rome could have been much worse if it were not for the intercession of Pope Leo. Jordanes goes on to write about the Vandals’ journey into Gaul and Spain during the reign of Emperor Honorius (393 – 423 AD), “Now the Vandals and the Alani, as we have said before, had been dwelling in both Pannonias by permission of the Roman Emperors. During that time they  accepted Christianity in the form of Arianism, and gradually formed among them a state organization in the form of a kingship.
Genseric was succeeded by his son Huneric (477-484 C.E). Cassius Dio’s Roman History . Scientists discover new organ in the throat, These could be the funniest animal pictures ever, 'Lost' tectonic plate called Resurrection hidden under the Pacific, 'Starman' just zipped past Mars in his rapidly-decaying Tesla Roadster. Whether Bonifacius invited them or not the Vandals scarcely needed an invitation. Another author, Procopius, reported that the Vandals came to Rome due to the request of Valentinian’s widow, Eudoxia: “Later on Maximus slew the emperor with no trouble and secured the tyranny, and he married Eudoxia by force… she sent to Carthage entreating Gizeric (Gaiseric) to avenge Valentinian, who had been destroyed by an unholy man, in a manner unworthy both of himself and of his imperial station, and to deliver her, since she was suffering unholy treatment at the hand of the tyrant.”.

One belief was that the Sun sailed in such a vessel during the day, crossing over to another during the night hours. Jordanes’ The Origin and Deeds of the Goths . Many features only work on your mobile device.