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Ad Decimum, Battle of

Years: 533 - 533

The Battle of Ad Decimum takes place on September 13, 533 between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and the Eastern Roman Empire (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 Roman victory marks the beginning of the end for the Vandals and begins the reconquest of the west under the Emperor Justinian I.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)