| Battle of Agrigentum | |||||||
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| Part of the Roman-Germanic wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Labarum.svg){kind=small} 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.
- ^ Chowaniec, Roksana (2019-05-30). "VANDALS, OSTROGOTHS AND THE BYZANTINE FOOTPRINTS IN SICILY: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL-HISTORICAL REVIEW". Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3066023.