Tripolitania expedition (523)

Tripolitania expedition
	Part of various Berber-Vandal conflicts
Date	523
Location	Tripolitania
Result	Decisive Berber victory Vandal rule collapsed in Tripolitania; Only Oea remains under Vandalic rule in the region;
Belligerents
Vandal Kingdom	Laguatan Berbers
Commanders and leaders
Thrasamund	Cabaon
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Extremely high; Many soldiers captured	Very low

The Tripolitania expedition or the Oea expedition was a battle in 523 between various nomadic Berber ("Moor") confederations of Tripolitania led by Cabaon which previously seized lots of territory from, and raided several settlements of the Vandal Kingdom, and king Thrasamund of the Vandals who was attempting to restore Vandalic control over the territories lost to the advancing Berber tribes. The battle ended in a decisive Berber victory, and a complete collapse of Vandalic control over much of Tripolitania.^[1]^[2]

^ Leone, Anna (2007). Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest. Edipuglia srl. ISBN 978-88-7228-498-8.
^ Mandouze, André; Destephen, Sylvain (1982). PCBE (in French). Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique. ISBN 978-2-222-02174-2.

[1] Leone, Anna (2007). Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest. Edipuglia srl. ISBN 978-88-7228-498-8.

[2] Mandouze, André; Destephen, Sylvain (1982). PCBE (in French). Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique. ISBN 978-2-222-02174-2.

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