Editing Vandals (section)

===In Britannia===

In AD 278, Emperor Probus on defeating the Vandals and Burgundians, transferred many of them to Britain. It is unknown where they were settled, though [[Silchester]] seems to be a likely candidate. The city bears the name of the Silingi, is only one of six that existed in Roman Britain that did not survive the [[Sub-Roman Britain|sub-Roman era]],<ref>Archaeological Fieldwork and Opportunities Bulletin. Archaeological Institute of America. 2002. p. 63.</ref> and appears to have been ritually cursed – likely by the Anglo-Saxons – before being abandoned.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.2307/526928 | jstor=526928 | title=Human Remains from the North Gate, Silchester: An 'Early' and a 'Late' Radiocarbon Date from the City | last1=Fulford | first1=Michael | journal=Britannia | year=2000 | volume=31 | pages=356–358 | pmid=16432945 | s2cid=33704958 }}</ref><ref>Clarke, S. 1997: ‘Abandonment, rubbish disposal and “special” deposits’, in Meadows, K., Lemke, C. and Heron, J. (eds), TRAC 96. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference Sheffield 1996, Oxford, 73–81.</ref>