533

Events

June 21 - Belisarius sails from Constantinople.
Belisarius lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals.
September 13 — Battle of Ad Decimum: Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer. Gelimer, forced to flee, leaves Carthage unprotected.
December 15 — The Battle of Ticameron begins, and Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Gelimer and Tzazo. Tzazo is killed in an all-cavalry fight, and Gelimer flees to the mountains of Numidia.
December 16 — The Digesta or Pandectae, a collection of jurist writings and other sources, is completed (see Corpus Juris Civilis).

January 2 — Pope John II succeeds Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532, as the 56th pope.