Page 24 - 09 The Trumpets

THE STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS

Stephen N. Haskell

“Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand” Revelation 22:10.

Genseric and the Vandals grew strong on the

southern shore of the Mediterranean. Soon

their borders were too narrow, and the

success of their fleet added Sicily and other

places to the barbarians. In June of the year

455, a. d., Genseric and his Vandals

disembarked at the mouth of the Tiber, and

Rome was again at the mercy of the

barbarians. The pillage lasted fourteen days

and nights; and all that yet remained of public

or private wealth, of sacred or profane

treasure, was diligently transported to the

vessels of Genseric The Empress Eudoxia,

with her two daughters, was compelled as

captive to follow the haughty Vandal.

Thousands of Romans were likewise

transported as slaves to the capital of the