Divided into the Silingi and Alani, prominent leaders of this tribe included Godigisel and his sons Gunderic and Geiseric, and they lent their name to a region in southern Spain.  
Divided into the Silingi and Alani, prominent leaders of this tribe included Godigisel and his sons Gunderic and Geiseric, and they lent their name to a region in southern Spain.  20: St. Augustine died during their siege of Hippo. Controlling piracy on the western Mediterrannean, they persecuted Catholics in Africa due to their ardent Arianism.  10: After sacking Rome in 455, this tribe's name became synonymous with wanton destruction.
Divided into the Silingi and Alani, prominent leaders of this tribe included Godigisel and his sons Gunderic and Geiseric, and they lent their name to a region in southern Spain.  
{Vandals}