naval engagement, notable, ancient

Battle of Cartagena

Name: Battle of Cartagena
Location: Cartagena, Spain

Battle of Cartagena was a naval engagement fought in AD 461 at Cartagena, in what is now Spain. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Cartagena. It was part of Q125739404. The recorded result: Vandal-Alanian victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 300 ships.

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FoughtAD 461

WhereCartagena, Spain37.602N, 0.984W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeVandal-Alanian victory

BelligerentsKingdom of the Vandals and AlansagainstWestern Roman Empire

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofQ125739404

Record

Date	AD 461 (year precision)
Place	Cartagena, Spain 37.602N, 0.984W
Kind	Naval engagement, ancient
Strength	Unknown	300 ships
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown

Placed at Cartagena; 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

Battle of Cartagena 1643, 0.2 km S
Battle of Cartagena 1758, 0.2 km S
Battle of New Carthage 209 BC, 0.3 km SE
Battle of Cartagena 206 BC, 0.3 km SE
Siege of Cartagena 1873, 0.3 km SE

Battle of Cartagena is one of 88 engagements of the 5th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1566468, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Cartagena (461), revision 1383436126, 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.