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GAISERIC , or GENSE&See also:rC (c. 390-•477), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Vandals, was a son of King Godegisel (d. 406), and was See also:born about 390. Though lame and only of moderate stature, he won renown as a See also:warrior, and became king on the See also:death of his See also:brother Gonderic in 428. In 428 or 429 he led a See also:great See also:host of Vandals from See also:Spain into See also:Roman See also:Africa, and took See also:possession of See also:Mauretania. This step is said to have been taken at the instigation of See also:Boniface; the Roman See also:general in Africa; if true, Boniface soon repented of his See also:action, and was found resisting the Vandals and defending See also:Hippo Regius against them. At the end of fourteen months Gaiseric raised the See also:siege of Hippo; but Boniface was forced to See also:fly to See also:Italy, and the See also:city afterwards See also:fell into the hands of the Vandals. Having pillaged and conquered almost the whole of Roman Africa, the Vandal king concluded a treaty with the See also:emperor Valentinian III. in 435, by which he was allowed to retain his conquests; this See also:peace, however, did not last See also:long, and in See also:October 439 he captured See also:Carthage, which he made the See also:capital of his See also:kingdom. According to some authorities Gaiseric at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time first actually assumed the See also:title of king. In religious matters he was an Arian, and persecuted the members of the orthodox See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in Africa, although his religious policy varied with his relations to the Roman See also:empire. Turning his See also:attention in another direction he built a See also:fleet, and the ravages of the Vandals soon made them known and feared along the shores of the Mediterranean. " Let us make," said Gaiseric, " for the dwellings of the men with whom See also:God is angry," and he See also:left the conduct of his marauding See also:ships to See also:wind and See also:wave. In 455, however, he led an expedition to See also:Rome, stormed the city, which for fourteen days his troops were permitted to See also:plunder, and then returned to Africa laden with spoil. He also carried with him many captives, including the empress Eudoxia, who is said to have invited the Vandals into Italy. The. See also:Romans made two attempts to avenge themselves, one by the Western emperor, Majorianus, in 460, and the other by the Eastern emperor, See also:Leo I., eight years later; but both enterprises failed, owing principally to the See also:genius of Gaiseric. Continuing his course on the See also:sea the king brought See also:Sicily, See also:Sardinia, See also:Corsica and the Balearic Islands under his See also:rule, and even extended his conquests into See also:Thrace, See also:Egypt and See also:Asia See also:Minor. Having made peace with the eastern emperor See also:Zeno in 476, he died on the 25th of See also:January 477. Gaiseric was a cruel and cunning See also:man, possessing great military talents and See also:superior See also:mental gifts. Though the effect of his victories was afterwards neutralized by the successes of See also:Belisarius, his name long remained the See also:glory of the Vandals. The name Gaiseric is said to be derived from gais, a See also:javelin, and reiks, a king.
See VANDALS; also T. See also:Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders, vol. ii. (See also:London, 1892) ; E. See also:Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (ed. J. B. See also:Bury, 1896–1900) ; L. See also:Schmidt, Geschichte der Vandalen (See also:Leipzig, 1901); and F. Martroye, Genseric; La Conquete vandale en Afrique (See also:Paris, 1907).
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