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Definition of Genseric
1. Noun. King of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genseric
Literary usage of Genseric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"Sack of Rome by genseric, King of the Vandals.—His Naval Depredations. ...
The Vandals and Alani, who followed the successful standard of genseric, ..."
2. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"genseric himself, in his early youth, had renounced the orthodox communion ...
The language of genseric was furious and formidable ; the knowledge of his ..."
3. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton, Irving Stone (1894)
"month of his reign, the fleet of genseric arrived at the mouth of the Tiber.1 2.
THE VANDALS LAND AT PORTUS—MURDER or MAXIMUS —LEO CONFRONTS genseric—THE ..."
4. History and Present Condition of the Barbary States: Comprehending a View of by Michael Russell (1842)
"... cius—He invites the Vandals—Progress of genseric, their General—Death of
Bonifacius—Continued Success of the Vandals—Fall of Carthage—Severe Sufferings ..."
5. History of Liberty by Samuel Eliot (1853)
"AND genseric. " Quid enim vel de nobis vel de Gothis ac ... One was the Vandal
genseric, who, after having made himself master of the African province, ..."
6. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1892)
"... of the 1 His name is commonly written genseric ; but there can be little doubt
that the great Vandal's real name was Gaiseric, and that is the form ..."
7. Historical Questions, Logically Arranged and Divided: The Companion-book to by Robert Henlopen Labberton (1876)
"*In what city was Boniface besieged by genseric? 8846. * Who died, during that
siege, ... Were the Romans able to dislodge genseric from Africa? 3853. ..."
8. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1894)
"month of his reign, the fleet of genseric arrived at the mouth of the Tiber.1 2.
THE VANDALS LAND AT PORTUS—MURDER OF MAXIMUS —LEO CONFRONTS genseric—THE ..."
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