Vandal War (439-442)

Vandal War (439-442)
Part of the Fall of the Roman Empire
and Roman–Germanic Wars

Map of Africa and Italy
Date439-442
Location
Result

Indecisive

  • Treaty of 442
Belligerents
Vandals
Alans
Western Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Geiseric
Hunerik
Gento
Flavius Aetius
Sebastianus
Areobindus, Ansila en Germanus
Strength
unknown unknown

The Vandal War (439-442) was a military conflict between the Western Roman Empire and the Vandals that was fought in the western Mediterranean Sea region. The main protagonists in this conflict were the Vandal king Geiseric and the commander-in-chief of the Roman army Aetius.