[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 19

[Sluggy]

STEVE K ROURKE wrote:

> 439 Vandals take Carthage, Africa.

This brings up the question: Were Vandals a nation or just a mob? What I
mean is that I recently found that the term thug came from the mythology
of India. The Thugs (unfortunately, I have forgot the long version, the
formal name) were apparently a secret society of highwaymen. Over the
centuries, the term lost it's capitalization in common usage and has
come to represent brigandry in general.

So, clued in by the context of the date, who were they?

Sluggy!