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13 unusual facts about Vandals


Calonymus

For all the Libyans had been Romans in earlier times and had come under the Vandals by no will of their own and had suffered many outrages at the hands of these barbarians.

Chebba

The Byzantine general Belisarius landed here in 533 and went on to inflict a devastating defeat on the Vandals.

Jughead's Revenge

Jarrod Thornton soon left Jughead's Revenge and was replaced by former Vandals drummer Ty Smith.

Produced by The Vandals' Warren Fitzgerald, it was recorded at Paramount Studios and was engineered by Barry Conley.

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia

In pre-Roman times the region was populated by various tribes, including the Lugii, Goths and Vandals (which may correspond to the Przeworsk and Puchov cultures in archaeology).

McCall-Donnelly High School

The school colors are blue, white, and red and the mascot is a Vandal.

Ruthenian Voivodeship

Settled in prehistoric times, the central-eastern European land that is now the southeastern part of Poland and the western part of Ukraine was overrun in pre-Roman times by various tribes, including the Celts, Goths, and Vandals (Przeworsk culture).

Spoleto

Owing to its elevated position Spoleto was an important stronghold during the Vandal and Gothic wars; its walls were dismantled by Totila.

Vandalia, Illinois

Another theory put forth is that Vandalia was named by those who located the state capital in the town; according to the story, they mistakenly thought the Vandals were a brave Native American tribe, rather than of Germanic origins.

Victor Vitensis

This is mainly a contemporary narrative of the cruelties practised against the orthodox Christians of Northern Africa by the Arian Vandals.

Wels

During the early migration period (3rd, 4th and 5th century), the area around Ovilava was often invaded by the Alamanni, Vandals and other Germanic tribes as well as by Attila's army.

When in Rome Do as The Vandals

When in Rome Do as the Vandals is the first album by the Huntington Beach punk rock band The Vandals, released in 1984 by National Trust Records.

The album was re-released in 1989 in CD format along with the band's debut EP Peace Thru Vandalism as Peace Thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals.


487

The Lateran Council convened by pope Felix III establishes conditions for readmitting to the Church those Christians who have been rebaptized by the Vandals.

Avitus

The new Emperor needed the support of both the civil institutions, the Roman senate and the Eastern Roman Emperor Marcian, as well as that of the army and its commanders (the generals Majorian and Ricimer) and the Vandals of Gaiseric.

Chewing gum ban in Singapore

Chewing gum was causing serious maintenance problems in high-rise public housing flats, with vandals disposing of spent gum in mailboxes, inside keyholes and even on elevator buttons.

Ed Troxel

At the time, it was the Vandals' second best football record in history, surpassed only by the 1971 team at 8-3.

Eugenius of Carthage

His episcopal election was deferred owing to the opposition of the Arian Vandal kings and was only permitted by King Huneric at the instance of Zeno and Placidia, into whose family the Vandals had married.

Florida Central Academy

The building was condemned and abandoned, and vandals destroyed much of the structure.

Horton Mill Covered Bridge

According to a member on the photo website Flickr as well as a report from the The Blount Countian, vandals attempted to remove some of the roof supports on the west side of the bridge by tying a cable or chain around them and attached the other end to either a tow hitch or hook...using a vehicle to try to pull them out, causing significant damage.

Iazyges

In the summer of 166, while the Romans were tied down in a war with Parthia, the peoples north of the Danube, the Marcomanni, the Naristi, the Vandals, the Hermanduri, the Lombards and the Quadi, all swept south over the Danube to invade and plunder the exposed Roman provinces.

John Holmstrom

While not one of his primary focuses, he has appeared in the films School for Vandals, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones, and Loren Cass.

Know by Heart

Gibbard later covered the song "Choir Vandals" on Home Series Vol. V, a split EP with The American Analog Set's own Andrew Kenny.

La Vieille Charité

Plagued by squatters, pillagers and vandals, it eventually housed 146 families living in squalid and unsafe conditions, a group of around 30 Little Sisters of Jesus living in equally abject conditions to their charges, and various small concerns, devoted amongst other things to transport, packing of anchovies and ripening of bananas.

London Underground 1962 Stock

In addition, twelve cars (units 1416+1491, and unit 1744) were sold to the Epping Ongar Railway, but were scrapped after being destroyed by vandals while stabled at Ongar.

Luxorius

While his chief task was to accurately translate the writings of Luxorius, Rosenblum also included a detailed introduction on the Vandals and Carthage, the Latin Anthology and the life of Luxorius.

Magic 882

In August 2002, the stations transmitter in Wynnum West was felled by vandals, causing the station to go off air.

Mike Iupati

Nansen, then an assistant at Idaho under head coach Nick Holt, offered him a spot with the Vandals the next day and spent considerable time trying to convince Iupati and his family that the Western Athletic Conference university on the Palouse was a better choice than junior college.

As a sophomore in 2007, he started all 12 games at left guard and became an impact player on the line for the struggling Vandals, under first-year head coach Robb Akey.

Old Chicago

In addition, vandals repeatedly broke into the building, causing more damage.

References to the Antichrist in ecclesiastical writings

The whole country between the Alps and the Pyrenees, between the Rhine and the Ocean, has been laid waste by hordes of Quadi, Vandals, Sarmatians, Alans, Gepids, Herules, Saxons, Burgundians, Allemanni, and—alas! for the commonweal!

Saint Possidius

The dates of his birth and death are unknown; he was alive and in exile in 437 according to Prosper, who, in his Chronicle, records that Possidius and two other bishops were persecuted and expelled from their sees by the Vandal king, Gaiseric, who was an Arian.

Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic

Originating in Bellingham in March, police initially believed the work to be vandals using BB guns.

Vandal Kingdom

It was originally created by the settlement of the Vandals in the province of Numidia and Mauretania by the Roman government and then extended by conquest further into North Africa and the Mediterranean.

Peace was made between the Romans and the Vandals in 435 through a treaty giving the Vandals control of coastal Numidia and parts of Mauretania.

Victohali

Given the location of this fighting and the peoples involved, "Vandals" in this instance is probably an error for Victohali, who are known to have inhabited the region of the Theiss and Somes rivers at this time (from Eutropius).

Walter of Aquitaine

Walter is not a historical king, but the historical nucleus of the events lies in the 5th century (the reign of the Balti dynasty), after king Wallia established a Visigothic kingdom in Aquitaine in 417, clashing with the Vandals under king Gunderic.

Wishaw, Warwickshire

The mast was felled by unknown vandals in November 2003 and subsequent pressure against plans to replace it led operator T-Mobile to abandon the site.