Battle of Agrigentum (456)

Battle of Agrigentum
Part of the Roman-Germanic wars
Date 456 Location Agrigentum, modern day Agrigento, Sicily Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Western Roman Empire	Vandal Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Ricimer	unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Agrigentum was fought in 456 A.D. at Agrigentum, now Agrigento in modern-day Sicily. An army of the Western Roman Empire, led by the general Ricimer, drove off an invading force, a fleet of sixty ships, sent by the Vandal king Gaiseric to raid Sicily.^[1] Ricimer then led the Roman fleet against the Vandals and defeated them in a naval battle off the coast of Corsica. The victory gave the Romans only temporary relief from Vandal raids.