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{{Short description|457 battle during the Germanic Wars}} |
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| conflict = Battle of Garigliano |
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| combatant1 = [[Vandals]] |
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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 '''Battle of Garigliano''' was fought between the [[Vandals]] and the [[Western Roman Empire]] in [[Campania]], [[Italy]] in 457. {{Sfn|Jaques|2007|p=383}} 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.<ref>Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina, V.385–440 and A. Loyen, Recherches historiques sur les panégiriques de Sidonine Apollinaire, Paris 1942, pp. 76–77 and note 5. Cited in Savino, Eliodoro, Campania tardoantica (284–604 d.C.), Edipuglia, 2005, ISBN 88-7228-257-8, p. 84.</ref> |
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The Battle of Garigliano was fought between the Vandals and the Western Roman Empire in Campania, Italy in 457. [1] After having seized Carthage and made it the capital of their kingdom in 439, the Vandals frequently raided the territories of the Western Roman Empire. In 457, the new emperor Majorian surprised a Vandal-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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jaques 2007, p. 383.
- ^ Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina, V.385–440 and A. Loyen, Recherches historiques sur les panégiriques de Sidonine Apollinaire, Paris 1942, pp. 76–77 and note 5. Cited in Savino, Eliodoro, Campania tardoantica (284–604 d.C.), Edipuglia, 2005, ISBN 88-7228-257-8, p. 84.
Sources
[edit]- Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0313335389.
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