Hasdingi

TheHasdingiwere one of theVandalpeoples of theRoman era.The Vandals wereGermanic peoples,who are believed to have spoken anEast Germanic language,and were first reported during the first centuries of the Roman empire in the area which is nowPoland,eastern Germany, theCzech Republic,andSlovakia.

Famously, the Hasdingi led a successful invasion of RomanNorth Africa,creating a kingdom with its capital atCarthagein what is nowTunisia.

During theMarcomannic wars,the Hasdingi helped the Romans and were able to settle in theCarpathianandPannonianareas which are now in Hungary and Romania. At the end of 406, they participated together withSilingiVandals andSarmatianAlansin thecrossing of the Rhine.Their kingGodigisellost his lifein battleagainst theFranksduring the crossing.

After some years inGaul,these peoples moved into theIberian peninsula.

The Hasdingi settled inGallaecia(todayGalicia,Asturiasand the north ofPortugal) along with theSuebiin 409 AD and their kingdom was one of the earliestBarbarian territoriesto be founded before the fall of theWestern Roman Empire.

Gunderic,Godegisel's successor as king of the Hasdingi, lost his kingdom to kingHermericof the Suebi in 419 after theBattle of the Nervasos Mountainswhere the Vandals were overwhelmed by an allied force of Suebi andRomans.He fled toBaeticawith his army where he became king of theSilingiVandals and of theAlans.

Gunderic was succeeded by his brotherGaisericin 428 AD, who subsequently fled from Iberia to North Africa where he established akingdomat Carthage.

See also

• Haddingjar,who appear to be late reflections of the Hasdingi inNorse mythology.
• Migrations period
• The western Alans and Vandals
• Timeline of Germanic kingdoms

References

• Hydatii Episcopi Chronicon(in Latin)