In ancient times in Central Europe, the Vandal peoples were a major factor in the deterioration of the Roman military forces, unable to defend all the territory they had conquered in Europe.
The Vandals, along with Alans and Suevi, settled in Hispania in the 4th century. For years they suffered and endured the attacks of the Visigoths, who tried to submit them to Roman authority as federated. As a result of this harassment, the defeat of the Alans took place. These were integrated with the Vandals and together, they became strong in the south of the peninsula, making Hispalis (Seville) their capital.
Among the barbarians; Vandals are the ones who got the worst reputation. In the Spanish language, the word vandal can refer both to the German people and to "the man who commits the actions of wild and heartless people."
The word vandal is used daily to refer to a person or group of people who act in the same way, organized or not, to destroy, steal, loot and violate private property, etc.
Vandalism is a very common social phenomenon in today's societies in which violence is a constant feature. Many times, vandalism has to do with deeper causes such as poverty, poverty, inequality and apathy that a population can plunge into, but many times vandalism has no apparent causes other than pleasure for a person or group of people. and break
Vandalism is a seemingly unjustified hostility towards the possessions of others. It usually manifests itself in public space with attacks on monuments, benches, walls, etc., either with the intention of transmitting a message or simply by destroying what is foreign.
Vandalism is also carried out by altering Internet pages. An example of digital vandalism occurs when a site is intervened for the publication of a message contrary to the true spirit of the page in question (such as the inclusion of a proclamation in favor of abortion on a site of the Catholic Church, for example).
