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