For nearly a century, the Vandal Kingdom ruled from Carthage as one of the most formidable powers in the former Roman world, defying every attempt at reconquest under their undefeated king Gaiseric.

Hughes, author of Belisarius, Aetius, and a number of other works in Roman history, takes on the life and deeds of Gaiseric, who was king of the Vandals and Alans from A.D. 428 to his death 477. This ...