The original meaning of the word "Vandals" is "vagrants". In the first half of the 2nd century BC, they migrated from the Baltic Sea to Silesia in the southwest of Poland. After a long time, he was a vassal of the powerful ethnic groups nearby, sometimes following the Goths, and sometimes working for the Markomans. It's really been a long time. In 72 BC, some of them invaded Gaul with King Ariovist of Schwab, and were finally destroyed by Caesar in 58 BC. The Vandals, who had not fully recovered from this devastating blow, were quickly dragged into the quagmire of the West Germanic Civil War by their new ally, King Marbod, and suffered heavy losses. However, the decline of the kingdom of Marchmann after the war also made them live a good life of independence.
Generally speaking, the Vandals in 1 century can be divided into two main tribes: aslin people and Xilin people.
The name Silesia comes from the latter. Because of the dense forest, less flat land and no estuary, the Vandals did not focus on developing animal husbandry and fishery like other East Germanic peoples, but mainly engaged in handicrafts, agriculture and hunting. At that time, the trade between Germanic peoples was quite active: in the Vistula River Delta controlled by Gepide people, there was an island rich in amber, which attracted businessmen from all directions to come regularly and gradually became the futures distribution center of the whole Northeast Europe. Wanda people near the water tower were frequent visitors here. Archaeological excavations confirmed that their pottery was exported to jutland, Denmark, and leather products, stone carvings, wood carvings and metal jewelry were also popular in the surrounding areas, often with a strong Celtic artistic style.