What is Vandalic War?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Vandalic War | image = Vandalic War campaign map.png | image_size = 280px | caption = Campaign map of the war | date = June 533 &ndash; March 534 AD | place = Modern [[Libya]], [[Tunisia]] and eastern [[Algeria]], [[Sardinia]] | casus = | territory = [[Vandalic Kingdom]] conquered by the Byzantine Empire | result = Byzantine victory | combatant1 = [[Eastern Roman Empire]] | combatant2 = [[Vandalic Kingdom]] | commander1 = [[Belisarius]] <br/>[[Calonymus]] | commander2 = [[Gelimer]] | strength1 = 10,000 infantry<br>5,000–7,000 cavalry | strength2 = {{circa|20,000–25,000}} or {{circa|30,000–40,000}}, mostly cavalry | casualties1 = | casualties2 = | notes = }} The '''Vandalic''' '''War''' was a war between the [[Byzantine Empire]] (or the Eastern Roman Empire) and the [[Vandals]] in what is now [[Tunisia]]. It was the first of [[Justinian I]]'s wars of reconquest. == History == After the [[fall of the Western Roman Empire]], [[Germanic peoples|Germanic people]] have taken over many former Roman territories. The [[Vandals]] had taken over [[Africa Province|Roman Africa]]. [[List of Byzantine emperors|Emperor]] [[Justinian I|Justinian]] wanted to retake control of these lands. In 533, he sent an army from [[Constantinople]]. Byzantine commander [[Belisarius]] was able to take control of [[Carthage]]. After the [[Battle of Tricamarum]], the Vandals were defeated. [[Category:Wars]] {{history-stub}}