The Gerjiia7i Invasions 319 the Vandals determined to move on across the Strait of Gibraltar into northern Africa, where they established a kingdom and con- quered the neigh- boring islands in the Mediterranean (see map, p. 323). Having rid them- selves of the Van- dals, the West Goths took possession of a great part of the Span- ish peninsula, and this they added to their conquests across the Pyrenees in Gaul, so that their kingdom extended from the river Loire to the Strait of Gibraltar. It is unnecessary to follow the con- fused history of the movements of the innumerable bands of restless barbari- ans who wandered about Europe dur- ing the fifth century. Scarcely any part of western Europe was left unmolested; even Britainwascon- quered by German tribes, the Angles and Saxons. Kingdom of the Vandals in Africa Fig. 131. Roman Mausoleum at St.-Remv The Roman town of Glanum (now called St.- Remy) in southern France was destroyed by the West Goths in 480. Little remains of the town except a triumphal arch and the great monument pictured here. Above the main arches is the inscription, SEX. L. M. IVLIEI. C. F. PARENTIBUS. SVEIS, which seems to mean, " Sextus Julius and [his brothers] Lucius and Marcus, sons of Gaius, to their parents "
