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Battle of Ad Decimum

533 • Nordafrika
Map of the initial Vandal plan for the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

Map of the initial Vandal plan for the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

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Map of the first phase of the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

Map of the first phase of the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

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Map of the initial Vandal plan for the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

Map of the initial Vandal plan for the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

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Plan de bataille des Vandales dans la bataille de l'ad Decinum contre l'armée byzantine.

Plan de bataille des Vandales dans la bataille de l'ad Decinum contre l'armée byzantine.

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Map of the second phase of the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

Map of the second phase of the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

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Map of the third phase of the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

Map of the third phase of the Battle of Ad Decimum, 533 AD. Base map extracted from File:Tunis Gulf topo map-fr.svg. Sources: Ian Hughes, Belisarius: The Last Roman General, 2009; Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος Ζ': Βυζαντινός Ελληνισμός, Πρωτοβυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, 324-642, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1978, pp. 170-71; Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars: Vandalic War, I.XVIII-XIX

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Historical Overview

The Battle of Ad Decimum took place on September 13, 533 between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and the Byzantine Empire, under the command of General Belisarius. This event and events in the following year are sometimes jointly referred to as the Battle of Carthage, one of several battles to bear that name. The Byzantine victory marked the beginning of the end for the Vandals and began the reconquest of the west under the Emperor Justinian I.

Quick Facts

Outcome:Byzantine victory; flight of Vandal King Gelimer.

Byzantine Empire

  • Commander: Belisar
  • Strength: ca. 15.000 Mann
  • Casualties: Gering

Vandals & Alans

  • Commander: Gelimer
  • Strength: ca. 11.000 Mann
  • Casualties: Hoch

Strategic Context

Opening of the reconquest of Africa and destruction of the Vandal Kingdom.

Conflict / War

Justinian's Reconquest

Byzantine victory; flight of Vandal King Gelimer.
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