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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Battle of Garigliano
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| date              = 457
| place             = [[Campania]], [[Italy]]
| result            = Roman victory
| combatant1        = [[Vandals]]
| combatant2        = [[Image:Labarum.svg|14px]] [[Western Roman Empire]]
| commander1        = Unknown
| commander2        = [[Majorian]]
| strength1         = Unknown
| strength2         = Unknown
| casualties1       = Unknown
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The '''Battle of Garigliano''' was fought between the [[Vandals]] and the [[Western Roman Empire]] in [[Campania]], [[Italy]] in 457. After having [[Battle of Carthage (439)|seized]] [[Carthage]] and made it the capital of their [[Vandal Kingdom|kingdom]] in 439, the Vandals frequently raided the territories of the Western Roman Empire. In 457, the new [[Roman emperor|emperor]] [[Majorian]] surprised a Vandal-[[Berbers|Berber]] raiding party which was returning with loot from Campania. They were engaged at the mouth of the river [[Garigliano]]. Many of the raiders were slaughtered before they could reach their ships or were driven into the sea and drowned. The Vandal king [[Genseric]] was avenged a few years later at the [[Battle of Cap Bon (468)|Battle of Cape Bon]].

==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Jaques |first=Tony |date=2007 |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |isbn=0313335389 }}

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[[Category:Battles involving the Roman Empire|Garigliano]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Vandals|Garigliano]]
[[Category:Battles in Campania|Garigliano]]
[[Category:Military history of Italy]]
[[Category:450s conflicts|Garigliano]]


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