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| - The Vandals were a tribe of Germanic origin that liked to destroy and corrupt of human knowledge in the Western hemisphere. They didn't like art, culture or walls devoid of garish coloured writing. Other than that, they were a fun bunch to hang out with in the dog days of the Roman Empire. The Vandals are perhaps best known for their sack of Rome in 455 BCE, during which many of the classical writings of the great philosophers were utterly defaced, and numerous works of art were to become a Germanic abomination. Although the Vandals were not notably more destructive than others similar clans, such as the mythical trolls, mythological creatures who were infamous for stalking innocents across the Roman Empire while badgering them constantly, or the Blankers, a Francophone tribe notorious for erasing various official publications of the Praetorians and their supporters - the high regard which later European cultures held for ancient Rome led to the association of the name of the tribe with persons who cause senseless destruction, particularly in diminution of aesthetic appeal or destruction of objects that were completed with great effort.
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