Battle of Cape Bon (468)
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The Battle of Cape Bon was an engagement during a joint military expedition of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires led by Basiliscus against the Vandal capital of Carthage in 468. The invasion of th
Cape Bon, in modern Tunisia
A 16th century perception of the Vandals, illustrated in the manuscript "Théâtre de tous les peuples et nations de la terre avec leurs habits et ornemens divers, tant anciens que modernes, diligemment depeints au naturel". Painted by Lucas d'Heere in the 2nd half of the 16th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library.
Vandal War (461–468)
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The Vandal War was a long-term conflict between the two halves of the Roman Empire on the one hand and the Vandals in North Africa on the other. The war revolved around hegemony in the Mediterranean a
Battle of Cape Bon (468)
…Battle of Cape Bon Part of the Fall of the Roman Empire Roman–Germanic Wars and Vandalic War (461–468) Cape Bon, in modern Tunisia Date 468 Location Mercury Promontory, Vandalia (today Cape Bon, Tunisia) Result Vandalic victory Belligerents Vandal Kingdom…
Geiseric sacking Rome in 455, painted by Karl Bryullov