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Topic: Tricamarum, Battle of
Location: Demetrias Greece

Tricamarum, Battle of

Years: 533 - 533

The Battle of Tricamarum takes place on December 15, 533 between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and his brother Tzazon, and the eastern Roman Empire (later referred to as the Byzantine Empire), under the command of General Belisarius.

It follows Gelimer's defeat at the Battle of Ad Decimum, and eliminates the power of the Vandals for good, completing the "Reconquest" of North Africa under the Emperor Justinian I.

The main contemporary source for the battle is Procopius, De Bello Vandalico, which occupies Books III and IV of his magisterial Wars of Justinian.

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