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Towards the end of his reign, the [[Moors]] in the [[Aurès Mountains]] (in modern-day [[Algeria]]) successfully rebelled from Vandal rule.<ref>Procopius, ''De Bellus'' III.8.5. Translated by H.B. Dewing, ''Procopius'' (Cambridge: Loeb Classical Library, 1979), vol. 2 p. 75</ref>
Upon his death on December 23, 484, Huneric was succeeded by his nephew [[Gunthamund]], who reigned from until 496. A lurid account of Huneric's death by putrefaction and "an abundance of worms" is included in the ''Historia persecutionis Africanae Provinciae, temporibus Genserici et Hunirici regum Wandalorum'' (''History of the African Province Persecution, in the Times of Genseric and Huneric, the Kings of the Vandals''), written by his contemporary, [[Victor Vitensis]], although it is probable that this particular section was added at a later date.<ref>{{cite book |translator-last=Moorhead |translator-first=John |author-link=John Moorhead |date=2006 |title=Victor of Vita: History of the Vandal Persecution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_usIGzl5SwC&pg=PR16 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |page=xvi |isbn=0-85323-127-3}}</ref>
 
== See also ==