Professor Peter Heather

There's an outline chronology. So they transfer themselves over the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco in 429. There is then a slow march westwards. They are given an intermediate deal in 435, which sees them in control of Algeria or sort of central and western Algeria. The really rich bits of North Africa are what are now Tunisia and Eastern Algeria.

This is where all the kind of millionaires had their holiday homes between the wars. Is it Hipporegius and Carthage and places like that? Yes, absolutely. Well, that's where, you know. Yves Saint Laurent has a famous house there, fabulous gardens you can go visit, etc., etc. This isn't Beaugest in the desert. This is really rich Mediterranean landscapes.

This is where all the kind of millionaires had their holiday homes between the wars. Is it Hipporegius and Carthage and places like that? Yes, absolutely. Well, that's where, you know. Yves Saint Laurent has a famous house there, fabulous gardens you can go visit, etc., etc. This isn't Beaugest in the desert. This is really rich Mediterranean landscapes.

This is where all the kind of millionaires had their holiday homes between the wars. Is it Hipporegius and Carthage and places like that? Yes, absolutely. Well, that's where, you know. Yves Saint Laurent has a famous house there, fabulous gardens you can go visit, etc., etc. This isn't Beaugest in the desert. This is really rich Mediterranean landscapes.

Then in 439, the Vandals break out of that deal and out of the reservation that they've been put in, and they take over the richest bits of North Africa. With some fighting.

Then in 439, the Vandals break out of that deal and out of the reservation that they've been put in, and they take over the richest bits of North Africa. With some fighting.

Then in 439, the Vandals break out of that deal and out of the reservation that they've been put in, and they take over the richest bits of North Africa. With some fighting.

You know, one should never discount. None of these kings are so securely in power that they can afford not to reward their followers. So there is always a need for kings to make raiding opportunities available, otherwise satisfy the unruly.

You know, one should never discount. None of these kings are so securely in power that they can afford not to reward their followers. So there is always a need for kings to make raiding opportunities available, otherwise satisfy the unruly.

You know, one should never discount. None of these kings are so securely in power that they can afford not to reward their followers. So there is always a need for kings to make raiding opportunities available, otherwise satisfy the unruly.

political aspirations that might be bubbling up within their own followings, but also about getting, again, a secure deal that recognizes their control of North Africa. You can imagine that the first response to the vandal seizure of the best bits of North Africa is not one of, oh, thanks for doing that from their own point of view.

political aspirations that might be bubbling up within their own followings, but also about getting, again, a secure deal that recognizes their control of North Africa. You can imagine that the first response to the vandal seizure of the best bits of North Africa is not one of, oh, thanks for doing that from their own point of view.

political aspirations that might be bubbling up within their own followings, but also about getting, again, a secure deal that recognizes their control of North Africa. You can imagine that the first response to the vandal seizure of the best bits of North Africa is not one of, oh, thanks for doing that from their own point of view.

A huge Roman counterattack involving both East and West is prepared in 441-442.

A huge Roman counterattack involving both East and West is prepared in 441-442.

A huge Roman counterattack involving both East and West is prepared in 441-442.

The force is gathered in Sicily, but then, oh, Attila invades across the Danube. and the eastern forces are withdrawn.

The force is gathered in Sicily, but then, oh, Attila invades across the Danube. and the eastern forces are withdrawn.

The force is gathered in Sicily, but then, oh, Attila invades across the Danube. and the eastern forces are withdrawn.

What prompts the sack of Rome by the Vandals in 457 is a chain of events that follows on from Attila's death, which means that the reigning Western emperor, Valentinian III, doesn't think he needs his chief advisor anymore, a man called Aetius, who's another very competent generalissimo like Stilicho or Flavius and Constantius, so he kills him. Supporters of Aetius kill Valentinian in turn.