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Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Vandals

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Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Vandals: Battleground I

by Simon MacDowall

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UK: Pen & Sword, 2016. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in brown cloth on boards with gilt lettering to spine. New DJ. 8vo. (6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches). Clean text free of marks or underlining. Color photo plates. Includes a chronology, glossary, bibliography and an index. 208 pp.

Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive lines and began a rampage across Roman Gaul, sacking cities such as Metz, Arras and Strasbourg. Foremost amongst them were the Vandals and their search for a new homeland took them on the most remarkable odyssey. The Romans were unable to stop them and their closest allies, the Alans, marching the breadth of Gaul, crossing the Pyrenees and making themselves masters of Spain.

However, this Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans soon came under intense pressure from Rome's Visigothic allies. In 429, under their new king, Gaiseric, they crossed the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. They quickly overran this rich Roman province and established a stable kingdom. Taking to the seas they soon dominated the Western Mediterranean and raided Italy, famously sacking Rome itself in 455. Eventually, however, they were utterly conquered by Belisarius in 533 and vanished from history. Simon MacDowall narrates and analyses these events, with particular focus on the evolution of Vandal armies and warfare.

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Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Vandals
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Simon MacDowall
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1473837707
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2016
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Justinian East Roman Emperor, Danube River, Rhine River, Suevi, Carthage, Arian Christianity, Allens, Aiding, Barbarians, Franks, Goths, Huns, Mounted warfare, Procopius,
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