The Sixth Age: A Medieval History Podcast
Aug 7, 2026 · 31 min · 11 segments
In this episode, I cover the waning years of Geiseric's reign, and the reigns of his successors, setting the stage for the ultimate confrontation between the Eastern Romans and the Vandals. As…
While some sources state that Gezeric returned to North Africa immediately after completing his sack, Others report that he remained in Italy for several months afterward, carrying out attacks in southern Italy and in Sicily.
While I don't know for sure whether Gezeric himself was personally present, it does appear that there was a vandal force of some type that was carrying on with raids against Roman settlements.
He sought to it the captive Eudocia, daughter of the dead Emperor Valentinian III, was promptly married to his son and heir, Huneric.
At last, he had successfully married his family into the house of Theodosius, and with his new Roman booty, he had the funds to reward his retainers and expand his army.
The 6th century historian Procopius did note that one of Gezeric's ships sunk during the voyage back to Africa.
Procopius claimed that the ship that sank was full of captured Roman statues.
So if anybody ever comes up on a lost ship of Roman statues, let me know that could be the Vandal ship.
At this point, the Western Empire was in disarray.
A Gallo-Roman general named Avidus or Avidus, that's a Latin name that I can't pronounce, I'm sorry, but we'll call him Avidus, was hastily placed on the Western throne after the emperor Petronius was murdered by his own people.
Avidus, who did not have the support of the Western Roman Senate, faced a rebellion from two of the Western Empire's generals, Rissomar, who was the magister militum, we've talked about him before, and another general by the name of Majorian.
While some sources state that Gezeric returned to North Africa immediately after completing his sack, Others report that he remained in Italy for several months afterward, carrying out attacks in southern Italy and in Sicily.
While I don't know for sure whether Gezeric himself was personally present, it does appear that there was a vandal force of some type that was carrying on with raids against Roman settlements.
He sought to it the captive Eudocia, daughter of the dead Emperor Valentinian III, was promptly married to his son and heir, Huneric.
At last, he had successfully married his family into the house of Theodosius, and with his new Roman booty, he had the funds to reward his retainers and expand his army.
The 6th century historian Procopius did note that one of Gezeric's ships sunk during the voyage back to Africa.
Procopius claimed that the ship that sank was full of captured Roman statues.
So if anybody ever comes up on a lost ship of Roman statues, let me know that could be the Vandal ship.
At this point, the Western Empire was in disarray.
A Gallo-Roman general named Avidus or Avidus, that's a Latin name that I can't pronounce, I'm sorry, but we'll call him Avidus, was hastily placed on the Western throne after the emperor Petronius was murdered by his own people.
Avidus, who did not have the support of the Western Roman Senate, faced a rebellion from two of the Western Empire's generals, Rissomar, who was the magister militum, we've talked about him before, and another general by the name of Majorian.
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