Vandalic War in North Africa

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Byzantine–Vandal War war

The Vandalic War in North Africa was a 6th-century Byzantine campaign under Emperor Justinian I that reconquered the Vandal Kingdom and restored imperial control over key western Mediterranean territories.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Vandalic War 15
Byzantine reconquest of North Africa 2
North African theater of the Vandalic War 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine–Vandal War ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
campaignLeader Belisarius ⓘ
cause Justinian I's policy of reconquest of former Western Roman territories ⓘ
internal instability in the Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
commander Belisarius ⓘ
Gelimer ⓘ
conflictType reconquest campaign ⓘ
endDate 534 ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine consolidation of the Exarchate of Africa ⓘ
historicalPeriod 6th century ⓘ
location Balearic Islands ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
Corsica ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
militaryForce Byzantine expeditionary army ⓘ
navalComponent Byzantine fleet ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Battle of Tricamarum ⓘ
opponentRuler Gelimer ⓘ
surface form: King Gelimer
outcome capture of Carthage by Byzantine forces ⓘ
capture of Gelimer ⓘ
partOf Justinianic Wars ⓘ
patron Justinian I ⓘ
politicalObjective overthrow of the Vandal monarchy ⓘ
reassertion of imperial authority in Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
precededBy Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE) ⓘ
surface form: Vandal occupation of North Africa
relatedWork History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ
religiousDimension conflict between Chalcedonian Christianity and Arian Christianity ⓘ
result Byzantine victory ⓘ
end of the Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
recovery of western Mediterranean territories for the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
restoration of Roman imperial rule in North Africa ⓘ
rulerDuringConflict Justinian I ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Justinian I
significance key step in Justinian I's attempt to restore the Roman Empire ⓘ
secured important naval bases in the western Mediterranean for the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
shifted control of major grain-producing regions back to the empire ⓘ
startDate 533 ⓘ
theatre Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
western Mediterranean ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Roman Empire → conflict → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
Justinian I → militaryConflict → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Vandal Kingdom → significantEvent → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Vandals → defeatEvent → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Roman–Germanic wars → hasPart → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War (5th century invasions of Gaul and Spain)
Justinian dynasty → conflict → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Justinianic reconquests → hasPart → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Belisarius → battle → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Petrus Sabbatius → militaryCampaign → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Procopius → mainSubject → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Procopius → describedEvent → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War (533–534)
Hilderic → usedAsPretextFor → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Hilderic → associatedEvent → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Gelimer → conflict → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Gelimer → causeOfDownfall → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine reconquest of North Africa
Battle of Ad Decimum → conflictOf → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Battle of Ad Decimum → partOf → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine reconquest of North Africa
Battle of Ad Decimum → theatre → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: North African theatre of the Vandalic War
Justinianic Wars → hasPart → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Battle of Tricamarum → conflictOf → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War
Battle of Tricamarum → militaryTheater → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: North African theater of the Vandalic War
Battle of Tricamarum → theatreOfWar → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vandalic War in Africa
History of the Wars by Procopius → coversConflict → Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: History of the Wars
this entity surface form: Vandalic War