Battle of Agrigentum

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. 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.

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battle, Vandal Kingdom, Western Roman Empire, 

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	209	Siege of Agrigento	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	260	Battle of Agrigentum	battle, siege, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	405	Siege of Akragas	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	456	Battle of Agrigentum	Western Roman Empire, battle, Vandal Kingdom	Wikidata
site	fort		Fortezza di Castelluccio	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fortezza di Platano	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Motyon	fortress	Wikidata