Chapter 9. Justinian and the End of the Vandal Kingdom
Published Online: 15 JAN 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318074.ch9
Copyright © 2010 Andy Merrills and Richard Miles
Book Title
The Vandals
Additional Information
How to Cite
Merrills, A. and Miles, R. (2010) Justinian and the End of the Vandal Kingdom, in The Vandals, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444318074.ch9
Publication History
- Published Online: 15 JAN 2010
- Published Print: 5 FEB 2010
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405160681
Online ISBN: 9781444318074
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- Justinian and end of Vandal kingdom;
- North African conquest - Justinian's achievements in his long and eventful reign;
- Byzantine invasion of the Vandal kingdom - usurpation and imprisonment of Hilderic;
- Justinian, imperial titles of Vandalicus and Africanus;
- great Byzantine victory and Justinian's role in it;
- Justinian - the Saviour of Africa;
- The Buildings - powerful testament to an imperial aspiration;
- topography of early Byzantine Carthage;
- Romano-African elites - centre of power;
- mutiny and the Moors - succession of military crises in North Africa
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Justinian the Saviour of Africa
The Problem of the Vandal Past
Fiction and Reconciliation in Post-Conquest Africa
The Limits of Compromise
Mutiny and the Moors
Concluding Remarks