Mindless Barbarians?: The Real History of the Vandals

#Vandals #Mindless #Barbarians #Roman #Empire"In the early summer of the year 455 CE, a cataclysmic event struck the Western Roman Empire. Already on its knees after two decades of staving off attacks by King Attila and his Hun armies in Central Europe, the Romans were shocked when a fleet of Vandals landed at Ostia, the great port of Rome, and then proceeded to lay siege to the main city.