On 19 October 439 ce a Vandal army seized the storied metropolis of Carthage from Roman control. Within Africa the Vandal kings pursued an aggressively homoian religious policy that was denounced by local Nicene Christian clergy as a persecution. Despite some periods of unsettling turbulence, the Vandal kings also presided over a remarkably stable political system that drew on the talents of both their Romano‐African and Vandal subjects. To Roman observers writing in the fifth century, Vandal history was a story of disruption of the imperial system. The capture of Carthage was to be the pivotal moment in the creation of the Vandals' African kingdom. The primary focus of intercommunal conflict in the Vandal kingdom appears to have been religion. The interplay between African and Mediterranean politics has also long been seen as leading to the undoing of the Vandal kingdom.


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    Title :

    The Vandals


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2022-03-22


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English