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 | | On the death of Hunneric (484) he was succeeded by his cousin Gunthamund, Gaiseric having established seniority among his own descendants as the law of succession to his throne. |
 | | Gunthamund (484-96) and his brother Thrasamund (406-523), though Arians, abated some of the rigour of the persecution, and maintained the external credit of the monarchy. |
 | | Internally, however, it was rapidly declining, the once chaste and hardy Vandals being demoralized by the fervid climate of Africa and the sinful delights of their new capital, and falling ever lower into sloth, effeminacy and vice. |
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