Roman Empire · Warfare / Roman Empire-Vandal War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The first of the western kingdoms Justinian attacked was that of the Vandals in North Africa, King Hilderic, who had maintained good relations with Justinian and the North African Catholic clergy, had been overthrown by his cousin Gelimer in 530
Belisarius took Carthage, King Gelimer fled to Mount Pappua in Numidia, but surrenders and is taken to Constantinople, where he is paraded in a triumph while Sardinia and Corsica, the Balearic Islands, and the stronghold Septem near Gibraltar are recovered in the same campaign
Belisarius took Carthage King Gelimer fled to Mount Pappua in Numidia but surrenders and is taken to Constantinople where he is paraded in a triumph while Sardinia and Corsica the Balearic Islands
Belisarius with a fleet of 92 dromons escorting 500 transports landed at Caput Vada (modern Ras Kaboudia) in modern Tunisia with an army of about 15 000 men as well as a number of barbarian troops they defeated the Vandals
and the stronghold Septem near Gibraltar are recovered in the same campaign.
who were caught completely off-guard at Ad Decimum on 14 September 533 and Tricamarum in December
An African prefecture, centreed in Carthage, is established
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