Vandal occupation of Carthage

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The Vandals conquered Carthage, in modern-day Tunisia.

Chronology

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October 439: While Aetius was restoring order in Gaul, in Africa Genseric on 19 October 439 took Carthage, the capital of the Praetorian Prefecture of Africa, definitively putting an end to any semblance of imperial power in the region. Having taken control of the numerous African ports, Genserico also set up his own fleet with which he began to practice piracy.