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Name: Kingdom of the Vandals in Dacia

Type: Polity

Start: 170 AD

End: 335 AD

Nation: vandals

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During the the Marcomannic Wars the Vandals, a Germanic population, stipulated an alliance treaty with the Romans and established themselves in Dacia (modern-day Romania). It was the first known kingdom of the Vandals.

Establishment

  • January 170: The Vandal population was divided between three main ethnic groups: Asdingi (from the name of the main lineage), Silingi and Lacringi. According to Cassio Dio Cocceiano and the Historia Augusta, during the period of the Marcomannic wars (from 166/167 to 188/189), at the time of the emperors Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and Commodus, the Hasdingi branch of the Vandals moved southeast, led by their kings Raus and Raptus, and they stipulated a treaty of alliance with the Romans, settling north-east of Dacia, in the Carpathian basin.

    • Chronology

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    1. Foundation of the Vandal Kingdom in Dacia

    The Germanic Tribe of the Hasdingi Vandals settled down in the Carpathian Basin after a treaty with the Romans.

    2. Ostrogothic Conquest of the Vandal Kingdom

    In 335 AD the Vandals, that had established north to the Banat region, were defeated by the Ostrogoths and expelled.

  • January 336: In 340 the raids started again and conquered the Vandal kingdom (which was located in Dacia before the conquest of North Africa) and took this populous region. In 335, the Vandals, who inhabited the region between the Marisus river and the Danube (perhaps just northwest of the Banat), under the leadership of Visimar, clashed with the Goths of Geberic and were defeated.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 336: In 340 the raids started again and conquered the Vandal kingdom (which was located in Dacia before the conquest of North Africa) and took this populous region. In 335, the Vandals, who inhabited the region between the Marisus river and the Danube (perhaps just northwest of the Banat), under the leadership of Visimar, clashed with the Goths of Geberic and were defeated.

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