Hunneric

king of the Vandals

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Huneric was the king of the Vandals and Alani from 477 to 484 CE. He succeeded his father, Gaiseric, who had established a Vandal kingdom in North Africa and sacked Rome in 455 CE. Huneric is known for his persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa, which was particularly severe during his reign. The Vandal kingdom was eventually destroyed by the Byzantines in 533 CE.123

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…struck by Gaiseric (428–477) or Huneric (477–484) in the Byzantine emperor’s name, but in the absence of any royal monogram it cannot easily be attributed. The chief Spanish coinage was that of the Visigoths, who controlled southern Gaul also and—after Leovigild (568–586)—Suevia (modern Galicia), with its rich gold mines; hence…
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…struck by Gaiseric (428–477) or Huneric (477–484) in the Byzantine emperor’s name, but in the absence of any royal monogram it cannot easily be attributed. The chief Spanish coinage was that of the Visigoths, who controlled southern Gaul also and—after Leovigild (568–586)—Suevia (modern Galicia), with its rich gold mines; hence…
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