406    Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.

409    Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.

439    The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.

455    Sack of Rome: The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks

533    Byzantine general Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals.

533    Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.