Vandal Kingdom

Germanic Kingdom (435-534)

The Vandal Kingdom (Latin: Regnum Vandalorum; or Regnum Vandalorum et Alanum) was a kingdom of Vandals and Alans in North Africa, formerly Roman Africa. The kingdom was one of the Germanic tribes from Europe that Invaded the Roman Empire in the late 5th Century AD, The kingdom was created under Gaiseric. The Vandals ruled North Africa and controlled the Mediterranean for 100 years. This lasted until the Vandalic conquest of North Africa by the Byzantine Empire.

Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans
Regnum Vandalicum et Alanum
Vandaliric
435–534
Vandal Kingdom at it's greatest extent before the Gothic conquest of Sicily 491 AD
Vandal Kingdom at it's greatest extent before the Gothic conquest of Sicily 491 AD
CapitalHippo Regius (435 - 439)
Carthage
Common languagesLatin (spoken by the elites)
Vandalic
Punic
Numidian
Alanic
Greek
Religion
Arianism (among the elites)
Nicene Christianity
Chalcedonian Christianity
GovernmentPre-feudal Monarchy
King 
• 435-477
Gaiseric (first)
• 530-534
Gelimer (last)
History 
435
534
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Africa (Roman Province)
Sicilia (Roman Province)
Praetorian prefecture of Africa
Kingdom of Aures
Today part ofTunisia
Nigeria
Libya
France (Corsica)
Italy (Sardinia, Sicily)
Spain (Baelaric Islands)

The conquest of North Africa by the Vandals hurt the Western Roman Empire. This was because North Africa was a large source of revenue. It also supplied a large amount of grain, mostly wheat, to the city of Rome.

The Vandal Kingdom ended after Belisarius conquered North Africa in 534 . This ended a century rule of the Vandals.