East Germanic peoples first mentioned in passing by Roman writers in the 1st-2nd centuries AD (Pliny's 'Vandili', c. AD 77), archaeologically associated with the Przeworsk culture near modern Poland/eastern Germany; grew prominent under Hasdingi leadership during the Marcomannic Wars (166-180), taking Roman-allied territory in/near former Dacia. Distinct from the later migration-era Vandals (see existing canonical record vandals_migration, 406-435) who crossed into Gaul, Iberia, and North Africa.
Remained a Danube-Carpathian frontier people through the 3rd-4th centuries under continued Hasdingi/Silingi leadership; came under increasing pressure from Goths and later the Huns, eventually migrating west — the subsequent migration (Rhine crossing 406, North Africa 429) is covered by the existing canonical record 'vandals_migration'.
Full narrative history of the Vandals starting from their earliest Roman-era mentions and Przeworsk-culture origins through the later African kingdom.
Academic monograph covering the early Hasdingi/Silingi tribal phase before the Rhine crossing.