biography
| name: |
Gaiseric or Genseric
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pronunciation:
[giyserik]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.390–477)
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| biography:
| King of the Vandals and Alans (428–77), who led the Vandals in their invasion of Gaul. He crossed from Spain to Numidia (429), captured and sacked Hippo (430), seized Carthage (439), and made it the capital of his new dominions. He built up a large maritime power, and his fleets carried the terror of his name as far as the Peloponnese. He sacked Rome in 455, and defeated fleets sent against him. The greatest of the Vandal kings, he was succeeded by his son Huneric. |
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