Battle of Ad Decimum

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The Battle of Ad Decimum was a decisive 533 AD clash near Carthage in which the Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandals, paving the way for the reconquest of North Africa by the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath Byzantine occupation of Carthage ⓘ
weakening of Vandal resistance in North Africa ⓘ
alternativeName Battle of the Tenth Milestone ⓘ
associatedEmpire Byzantine Empire ⓘ
associatedKingdom Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
associatedRuler Emperor Justinian I ⓘ
linked to: Justinian I
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
campaign Belisarius' Vandal campaign ⓘ
campaignObjective overthrow of the Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
chronology 6th century ⓘ
combatantSide Byzantine expeditionary force ⓘ
Vandal field army ⓘ
commander Belisarius ⓘ
conflictOf Vandalic War ⓘ
conflictScope decisive engagement of the Vandalic War ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
date 533 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Tricamarum ⓘ
geographicalContext coastal region of North Africa ⓘ
historicalEra Late Antiquity ⓘ
involvedForce Byzantine cavalry ⓘ
Vandal cavalry ⓘ
location Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
modern Tunisia ⓘ
near Carthage ⓘ
militaryLeaderSide Belisarius for the Byzantines ⓘ
Gelimer for the Vandals ⓘ
militaryObjective capture of Carthage ⓘ
namedAfter Ad Decimum milestone on the road to Carthage ⓘ
opposingCommander Gelimer ⓘ
partOf Byzantine reconquest of North Africa ⓘ
politicalConsequence collapse of Vandal control over Carthage ⓘ
restoration of imperial authority in Carthage ⓘ
precededBy Byzantine landing in North Africa ⓘ
primarySourceContext recorded by Procopius of Caesarea ⓘ
region Western Mediterranean ⓘ
result Byzantine victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance opened the road to Carthage for the Byzantines ⓘ
paved the way for the reconquest of North Africa by the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
theatre North African theatre of the Vandalic War ⓘ
year 533 ⓘ

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

Vandalic War in North Africa → notableBattle → Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Justinianic reconquests → significantBattle → Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Belisarius → battle → Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Gelimer → battle → Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Battle of Tricamarum → after → Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Battle of Tricamarum → precededBy → Battle of Ad Decimum near Carthage ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ad Decimum
Gelimar → notableEvent → Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Vandal–Roman wars → hasPart → Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ