Solomon (magister militum)
Videos
Solomon was an East Roman general from northern Mesopotamia, who distinguished himself as a commander in the Vandalic War and the reconquest of North Africa in 533–534. He spent most of the next decad
Roman Africa, with the provinces of Byzacena, Zeugitana and Numidia.
Ruins of the Byzantine walls of Theveste, one of the many sites restored and fortified under Solomon.
Vandalic War
Videos
The Vandalic War was a conflict fought in North Africa between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Germanic Vandal Kingdom. It was the first war of Emperor Justinian I's Renovatio imperii Roman
Solomon (magister militum)
…Solomon (Greek: Σολομών) was an East Roman (Byzantine) general from northern Mesopotamia, who distinguished himself as a commander in the Vandalic War and the reconquest of North Africa in 533–534. He spent most of the next decade in Africa as its governor general, combining the military post of…
Mosaic of a Vandal horseman, Carthage, c. 500
A member of the retinue of Emperor Justinian I in the mosaic in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, which is usually identified with Belisarius
Fifty-denarii coin of Gelimer
Drawing of a medallion commemorating the Roman victory in the Vandalic War, c. 535