naval engagement, notable, ancient

Battle of Cape Bon

Name: Battle of Cape Bon
Location: Cap Bon, Tunisia

Battle of Cape Bon was a naval engagement fought in AD 468 at Cap Bon, in what is now Tunisia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Cap Bon. It was part of Q15852432. The recorded result: Vandal and Alan victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 50,000 soldiers; 1,113 ships.

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FoughtAD 468

WhereCap Bon, Tunisia37.069N, 11.043E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeVandal and Alan victory

BelligerentsVandal-Alan KingdomagainstWestern Roman Empire; Eastern Roman Empire

Casualties and lossesUnknownand100 ships; 10,000 killed

Part ofQ15852432

Record

Date	AD 468 (year precision)
Place	Cap Bon, Tunisia 37.069N, 11.043E
Kind	Naval engagement, ancient
Strength	Unknown	50,000 soldiers; 1,113 ships
Casualties and losses	Unknown	100 ships; 10,000 killed
Commanders	Gaiseric	Basiliscus Marcellinus (magister militum) Heraclius of Edessa

Placed at Cap Bon; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Aspis 255 BC, 25 km S
Battle of Cape Bon 1941, 44 km SW
Battle of the Campobasso Convoy 1943, 44 km SW
Battle of the Port of Carthage 147 BC, 49 km W
Battle of Carthage AD 533, 67 km W

Elsewhere in AD 468

Battle of Bassianae Serbia

Battle of Cape Bon is one of 88 engagements of the 5th century in the atlas and one of 119 in present-day Tunisia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q612221, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Cape Bon (468), revision 1380092371, 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.