To the question of diplomatic relations of the vandals with the Roman Empire in I-III centuries
In the article, based on the evidence of Pliny the Elder, Dion Cassius, Flavius Vopisk, Jordan and Zosimus, carefully examines the issue of diplomatic relations between the Vandals and the Roman Empire in the I-III centuries. The author, despite the small amount of information and their brevity, came to a number of conclusions. So, regarding the I - second half of the II centuries, while the territory of the settlement of vandals was between the Oder and Vistula rivers in modern Middle and Lower (Southern) Poland, we can confidently assert the existence of trade relations between the Roman Empire and vandals. Which are mainly traced in the border provinces of the empire, and in respect of which the author had an opinion about their strict regulation by the Roman authorities. However, from the second half of the ΙΙ century, relations between the two sides acquired a military character. This state of affairs was influenced by many reasons. So, the appearance of vandals at the northwestern border of Dacia influenced diplomatic relations. And already in the future, the military confrontation between the parties was facilitated by the subsequent Marcomann wars and the political and socio-economic crises in the empire that took place in the 3rd century, coinciding with the Gothic wars.