Battle of Ad Decimum – Vandal plan. Credit: Cplakidas. CC BY-3.0/Wikimedia Commons/C Plakidas The Vandal leader, Gelimer, needed a victory to galvanize his forces against the Byzantine’s much larger ...

The casus belli was the overthrow of King Hilderic, a sympathizer of Rome, by the usurper Gelimer, who also reversed tolerance toward Catholics in favor of strict Arianism at a time when a ...

After Hilderic's death, the Byzantines launched a successful invasion of the Vandals' kingdom, and the last Vandal king, named Gelimer, was captured and taken to Constantinople. Byzantine Emperor ...

Pity the Middle Ages, so often derided as the dreary placeholder between the classical and modern eras. Or, worse, it’s a catchall for all things retrograde. Want to insult some people? Tell ...

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Early in bestseller Cussler’s posthumous 12th Sam and Remi Fargo adventure (after 2019’s The Oracle, also coauthored with Burcell), an intriguing origin story, treasure hunters Sam and Remi ...

I, Gelimer, on a hill in Africa, Recently come to my senses, although it is late. At the end of my kingdom and my years, Have this to offer to the world: make peace. A rough barbarian, I tell you this ...