[blended.FTW] [mergebase.FTW] King of the Vandals 496-523 Thrasamund succeeded his older brother Gunthamund as King of the Vandals in 496. He renewed the persecultion of the Catholics (his brother had repealed it), as he was an Arian, and lost much territory in Africa to the Moors. He was succeeded on his death in 523 by Hilderic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------