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24 Roman
war against Numidia and Mauretania
ends.
97 The Roman colony of Cuicul is started in Numidia.
129 Construction at Lambese of a defense for Numidia by the Roman legions.
150 The Roman army consists of 400,000 men. Of these, there are ten legions
(55,000 men) and 140 auxiliary units (80,000 men, of which half are cavalry) based in the Balkans
and along the Danube
; 50,000 legionaires and auxiliaries in Britain
; 45,000 in Germany
; 20,000 men in Egypt
; and 10,000 in Africa
and Numidia.
200 The province of Numidia is taken from the African proconsul and made an Imperial provin
533 The Battle of Ticameron begins, and Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Gelimer and Tzazo. Tzazo is killed in an all-cavalry fight, and Gelimer flees to the mountains of Numidia.
534 Gelimer
surrenders to Byzantine
general Belisarius
, after spending a miserable winter in the mountains of Numidia. The Vandal kingdom of North Africa
ends, and the provinces return to the Byzantine Empire.
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