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. Although this historical figure is overwhelmingly shadowed by a lack of historical data, he is noted as one of the early

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. His territorial extent occupied regions of today's Transilvania in

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and a part of then-

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. It is most likely that he died during the neighboring

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in 335.

References

*Geary, Patrick J. ''Readings in Medieval History''. (Orchard Park: Broadview Press, 2003) p. 91. *Dahn, Die Könige der Germanen I, 1860. S. 140 und die dort Angeführten. Kings of the Vandals Vandal warriors 4th-century monarchs in Europe {{Europe-royal-stub

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