Historical place archive

Corsica in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Corsica in Roman Empire. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people6–533

Historical events in Corsica

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Rule of Corsica
Gaius Octavius Augustus · House of Julio-Claudian Emperors

Has Corsica governed by the Procurator of Sardinia

533

December 533
Capture of Corsica
Justinian I the Great · Roman Empire-Vandal War

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

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Roman Empire and Corsica. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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