Visimar
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Wisimar or Visimar was a Vandal ruler of the Hasdingi
Hasdingi
The Hasdingi were the southern tribes of the Vandals, an East Germanic tribe. They lived in areas of today's southern Poland, Slovakia and Hungary...

 tribe during the 4th century in Europe
Europe
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. Although this historical figure is overwhelmingly shadowed by a lack of historical data, he is noted as one of the early monarch
Monarch
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s of the Vandals
Vandals
The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Vandals under king Genseric entered Africa in 429 and by 439 established a kingdom which included the Roman Africa province, besides the islands of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearics....

. His territorial extent occupied regions of today's Transilvania in Romania
Romania
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, Tisza
Tisza
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 in Ukraine
Ukraine
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 and a part of then-Roman
Roman Empire
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 province Dacia
Dacia
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. It is most likely that he died during the neighboring Visigoth
Visigoth
The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. These tribes were among the Germans who spread through the late Roman Empire during the Migration Period...

 breakthrough in 335
335
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