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Gaiseric: The Vandal Who Sacked Rome
Ian Hughes
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Description for Gaiseric: The Vandal Who Sacked Rome
Hardback. Gaiseric successfully defeated Roman attempts at reconquest of these vital provinces and his fleets dominated the Western Mediterranean. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made his tribe, the Vandals, synonymous with mindless destruction. Gaiseric, however, was no moronic thug, proving himself a highly skilful political and military leader and was one of the dominant forces in Western Mediterranean region for almost half a century. The book starts with a concise history of the Vandals before Gaiseric's reign and analyses the tactics and weaponry with which they carved a path across the Western Roman Empire to Spain. It was ... Read more
While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made his tribe, the Vandals, synonymous with mindless destruction. Gaiseric, however, was no moronic thug, proving himself a highly skilful political and military leader and was one of the dominant forces in Western Mediterranean region for almost half a century. The book starts with a concise history of the Vandals before Gaiseric's reign and analyses the tactics and weaponry with which they carved a path across the Western Roman Empire to Spain. It was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781590188
SKU
V9781781590188
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About Ian Hughes
IAN HUGHES specializes in Late Roman history and is the author of Belisarius, The Last Roman General (2008); Stilicho, the Vandal Who Saved Rome (2010); Aetius: Atilla's Nemesis (2012); Imperial Brothers: Valentinian, Valens and the Disaster at Adrianople (2013); The Patricians (2015); and Gaiseric (2017). A former teacher whose hobbies include football, wargaming and restoring electric guitars, he lives near ... Read more
Reviews for Gaiseric: The Vandal Who Sacked Rome
Summing Up: Recommended. Most public and academic levels/libraries.
Choice Hughes has done a fine job of squeezing every useful bit of information from ancient literature, archaeological evidence, and other sources to tell Gaiseric's story within the framework of his remarkable tumultuous times... one of the best accounts of the final age of the Western Empire, well worth a read ... Read more
Choice Hughes has done a fine job of squeezing every useful bit of information from ancient literature, archaeological evidence, and other sources to tell Gaiseric's story within the framework of his remarkable tumultuous times... one of the best accounts of the final age of the Western Empire, well worth a read ... Read more