Genseric

[ jen-ser-ik, gen- ]

noun

1. a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.

Genseric

/ ˈɡɛnsərɪk; ˈdʒɛn- /

noun

1. Genseric?390477MVandalPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?390–477 ad , king of the Vandals (428–77). He seized Roman lands, esp extensive parts of N Africa, and sacked Rome (455)

Example Sentences

When, two years later, Rome lay at the mercy of Genseric, the same Pope interposed with the Vandal conqueror, and obtained from him a partial cessation of the massacre.

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In North Africa Genseric the Vandal established a powerful dominion, and set about preparing an invasion of Italy by sea.

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It had existed just 104 years, since Genseric entered Africa in a.d.

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Vitiges tore the marble from the mausoleum of Hadrian and destroyed the aqueducts; Genseric dismantled the temple of Jupiter; Robert Guiscard laid waste the Campus Martius and other parts of the city by fire.

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The following or fifth century, was distinguished by the first capture of Rome, and its successive devastations by Alaric, Genseric, and Attila.

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