WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Over the centuries, their name became so interchangeable with destruction that it became its synonym. But it turns out the Vandals, a Germanic tribe that managed to take over Rome in 455, may not deserve that connotation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Vandals are a Germanic people group who migrated across Europe during the late Classical period. During their migrations, the Vandals became infamous for their sack of Rome in 455 CE when they destroyed much of the city.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Visigoths were a Germanic people who lived throughout Eastern Europe. On August 27, 410, Visigoths from Eastern Europe ended a three-day sack of the city of Rome, which is now the capital of Italy. This was the first time Rome had been sacked, or defeated and looted, in nearly 800 years.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vandal, member of a Germanic people who maintained a kingdom in North Africa from 429 to 534 ce and who sacked Rome in 455. Their name has remained a synonym for willful desecration or destruction.

Detailed explanation-5: -While the Vandals did sack Rome in A.D. 455, they spared most of the city’s inhabitants and didn’t burn down its buildings.

Detailed explanation-6: -The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century.