'The strategic and economic importance of western Mediterranean islands to Byzantium, from the 6th century': Belisarius' strategy

Lillington-Martin, Christopher 2024. 'The strategic and economic importance of western Mediterranean islands to Byzantium, from the 6th century': Belisarius' strategy. Las islas Baleares durante la Antigüedad Tardía (siglos III-X):Historia y Arqueología, Limina/Limites: Archaeologies, histories, islands and borders in the Mediterranean (365-1556), Archaeopress, pp. 60-69. (10.2307/jj.14996063.8)

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on how western Mediterranean islands were utilised to conduct the Emperor Justinian’s imperial naval strategy and support economic objectives during the 6th century. In AD 533, when the imperial fleet and army attacked the Vandal kingdom, the islands were essential to General Flavius Belisarius’ strategy to reach the North African coast. An earlier rebellion in Sardinia, possibly instigated by Justinian’s agents, drew Vandal naval forces and attention away from Carthage. The imperial fleet sailed via the Aegaean Sea, southern Greece, Zakynthos, Sicily and Malta. After defeating the Vandal army in North Africa and seizing Carthage, Belisarius immediately...

Item Type:	Book Section
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Archaeopress
ISBN:	978-1-78969-237-2
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2025 09:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180589

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