| | ORB Online Encyclopedia--Overview of Late Antiquity |
 | | In North Africa, Geiseric had seized the richest province in the west, and confiscated vast estates belonging to the imperial court and important Italian landlords. |
| | It was perhaps adopted by them as a way of avoiding the domination of the Roman clergy, or as a point of pride -- barbarians could glory in knowing they had the true version of the faith. |
| | Under Geiseric, the persecution of Nicene Christians and the promotion of Arianism became one expedient of a repressive regime. |
| www.nipissingu.ca /department/history/muhlberger/orb/OVC3S3.htm (845 words) |
