-
earliest mention of the
Vandals is from
Pliny the Elder, who used the term
Vandili in a
broad way to
define one of the
major groupings of all
Germanic peoples...
- the
Ingaevones as one of the five
Germanic races, the
others being the
Vandili, the Istvaeones, the
Hermiones and the Bastarnae.
According to him, the...
- but
Vandili,
amongst whom he also
included the Goths, and the Varini, both
being people living north of them near the
Baltic coast. Pliny's "
Vandili" are...
- the
first century CE,
Pliny the
Elder lists five
Germanic subgroups: the
Vandili, the Inguaeones, the
Istuaeones (living near the Rhine), the Herminones...
- Gutones, Burgundiones, Varini, and
Carini belong to the
Vandili.
Pliny classifies the
Vandili as one of the five prin****l "German races",
along with...
-
people during the
Middle Ages. Long
struggles between the
neighboring Vandili and
Lugii people with the
Goths may have
contributed to
their earlier exodus...
- "Ocean" (which
could be the
Baltic Sea). He did not
mention that they were
Vandili.
Surviving versions of a
third source, the
second century Geography by...
- Istævones.
Pliny the
Elder (23 – 79 AD):
There are five
German races; the
Vandili,
parts of whom are the Burgundiones, the Varini, the Carini, and the Gutones:...
-
could not be
conquered by force", and he was
proud of the "enmity with the
Vandili and the Marcomani, who had been friends, and in
having executed Gaïobomarus"...
- Eutropius), or
alternatively perhaps the
Victohali were a part of the
Vandals (
Vandili),
along with the Lacringi, Asdingi, Silingi, Helvecones, and Nahanarvali...
