War & RuptureThe 5th century

War & Rupture in the 5th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 5th century — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, all of it in 439. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
439
Latest
439

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. — Africa:

    Algeria

    Vandals take Carthage

    After seizing Hippo Regius, Genseric's Vandals capture Carthage in 439 and rule a kingdom commanding the western Mediterranean.

    Era: Vandals, Byzantines and the Coming of Islam

    Sources: North Africa: The Vandal conquest · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Battle of Tricamarum · World History Encyclopedia

  2. — Africa:

    Tunisia

    Vandals take Carthage

    Gaiseric's Vandals seize Carthage, making it the capital of a kingdom in North Africa.

    Era: Roman Africa, Christianity & the Vandals

    Sources: History of Tunisia · Wikipedia, Africa Proconsularis (Roman province) · UNRV Roman History