The Vandalic War was a campaign by the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, emperor Justinian I to retake North Africa from the Vandal Kingdom, which had held it since the fifth century. A fleet carrying an army commanded by the general Belisarius sailed from Constantinople and landed in Africa, and it defeated the Vandal king Gelimer in battles at Ad Decimum and Tricamarum. Carthage was captured, and Gelimer surrendered the following spring. The war was quick and decisive, though fighting against Berber tribes and army mutinies continued for years. Justinian celebrated his success and the province returned to imperial rule until the Arab conquests in the seventh century.
Before and after
- from 526 CE to 532 CEIberian War
- from 527 CE to 918 CEKingdom of Mercia
- 528 CECorpus Juris Civilis
- January 532 CENika Riots
- from June 533 CE to March 534 CEVandalic War
- from 535 CE to 554 CEGothic War of 535–554
- 536 CEThe volcanic winter of 536
- 537 CEConstruction of Hagia Sophia
- from 538 CE to 710 CEAsuka period
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