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{{Short description|Vandal peoples of the Roman era}}
The '''Hasdingi''' were one of the [[Vandals|Vandal]] peoples of the [[Roman era]]. The Vandals were [[Germanic peoples]], who are believed to have spoken an [[East Germanic languages|East Germanic language]], and were first reported during the first centuries of the Roman empire in the area which is now [[Poland]], eastern Germany, the [[Czech Republic]], and [[Slovakia]].

Famously, the Hasdingi led a successful invasion of Roman [[North Africa]], creating a kingdom with its capital at [[Carthage]] in what is now [[Tunisia]].

During the [[Marcomannic wars]], the Hasdingi helped the Romans and were able to settle in the [[Carpathian]] and [[Pannonian Basin|Pannonian]] areas which are now in Hungary and Romania. At the end of 406, they participated together with [[Silingi]] Vandals and [[Sarmatians|Sarmatian]] [[Alans]] in the [[crossing of the Rhine]]. Their king [[Godigisel]] lost his life [[Battle of Mainz (406)|in battle]] against the [[Franks]] during the crossing.

After some years in [[Gaul]], these peoples moved into the [[Iberian peninsula]].

The Hasdingi settled in [[Gallaecia]] (today [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Asturias]] and the north of [[Portugal]]) along with the [[Suebi]] in 409 AD and their kingdom was one of the earliest [[Barbarian kingdom|Barbarian territories]] to be founded before the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]].

[[Gunderic]], Godegisel's successor as king of the Hasdingi, lost his kingdom to king [[Hermeric]] of the Suebi in 419 during [[Asterius campaign in Gallaecia]] when the Vandals were overwhelmed by an allied force of Suebi and [[Roman Empire|Romans]]. He fled to [[Baetica]] with his army where he became king of the [[Silingi]] Vandals and of the [[Alans]].

Gunderic was succeeded by his brother [[Gaiseric]] in 428 AD, who subsequently fled from Iberia to North Africa where he established a [[Vandal Kingdom|kingdom]] at Carthage.

==See also==
{{wiktionary|Hasdingi}}
*[[Haddingjar]], who appear to be late reflections of the Hasdingi in [[Norse mythology]].
*[[Migrations period]]
*[[Alans#The .27western.27 Alans and Vandals|The western Alans and Vandals]]
*[[Timeline of Germanic kingdoms]]

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==References==
* [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/hydatiuschronicon.html Hydatii Episcopi Chronicon] {{in lang|la}}

[[Category:Vandals]]
[[Category:Early Germanic peoples]]
[[Category:Foederati]]


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