Battle of Cape Bon (468 CE)

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The Battle of Cape Bon (468 CE) was a major naval defeat of the Eastern and Western Roman forces by the Vandals off the coast of North Africa, which crippled Roman efforts to reclaim lost territories and hastened the decline of Western imperial power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
naval battle
associatedWith reign of Emperor Leo I
reign of Western Emperor Anthemius
belligerent Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Vandal Kingdom
Western Roman Empire
cause Roman attempt to reconquer North Africa from the Vandals
combatant Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Vandal Kingdom
Western Roman Empire
commander Basiliscus
Genseric
surface form: Gaiseric
conflictIn Vandal–Roman wars
conflictType naval engagement
contributedTo failure of the 468 Roman expedition against the Vandals
date 468
effect crippled Roman efforts to reclaim North African territories
hastened the decline of Western Roman imperial power
preserved Vandal control of North Africa
era Late Antiquity
fleet Byzantine navy
surface form: Eastern Roman fleet

Vandal fleet
Western Roman fleet
followedBy continued Vandal dominance in the western Mediterranean
historicalSignificance major setback for Roman attempts to restore control over the Western provinces
one of the last major joint Eastern–Western Roman military operations
locatedIn off Cape Bon
off the coast of North Africa
locatedInPresentDay Tunisia
notableTactic Vandal fireships attack on Roman fleet
opponent Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Vandal Kingdom
Western Roman Empire
opposingForce Roman expeditionary armada
Vandal naval forces
outcome decisive Vandal naval victory
partOf Vandal–Roman wars
surface form: Eastern Roman–Vandal War
partOfCampaign Roman expedition against the Vandals in 468
precededBy Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE)
surface form: Vandal conquest of Roman Africa
region North Africa
relatedEvent Sack of Rome 455 AD
surface form: Sack of Rome (455)

Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE)
surface form: Vandal conquest of Carthage
result Vandal victory
RomanCommander Basiliscus
theater Mediterranean Sea
timePeriod 5th century
VandalCommander Genseric
surface form: Gaiseric
year 468

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Fall of the Western Roman Empire hasKeyEvent Battle of Cape Bon (468 CE)