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Siege of Carthage

Siege of Carthage was a siege conducted in AD 536 at Carthage, in what is now Tunisia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Carthage. It was part of the Moorish Wars, which ran from AD 533 to AD 548. The recorded result: Byzantine victory. Recorded strength: 2,100 against 9,000.

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FoughtAD 536
WhereCarthage, Tunisia36.847N, 10.313E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeByzantine victory
BelligerentsByzantine EmpireagainstMutineers
Part ofMoorish WarsAD 533 to AD 548

Where it sits in the Moorish Wars

Battle of Mammes, AD 534Battle of the Bagradas River, AD 536Siege of Carthage, AD 536Battle of Scalas Veteres, AD 537Aurès campaign, AD 539Battle of Sbeitla, AD 540Battle of Cillium, AD 544Battle of Thacia, AD 545Battle of Marta, AD 547Battle of the Fields of Cato, AD 548AD 534AD 548Siege of Carthage, AD 536
10 placed engagements of the Moorish Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateAD 536 (year precision)
PlaceCarthage, Tunisia
36.847N, 10.313E
KindSiege, medieval
Strength2,1009,000
Commanders
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Placed at Carthage; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Siege of Carthage is one of 128 engagements of the 6th century in the atlas and one of 133 in present-day Tunisia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q130306704, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Carthage (536), revision 1371573882, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.