Battle of Carthage (698)
The Battle of Carthage was fought in 698 A.D. between a Byzantine expeditionary force and the armies of the Umayyad Caliphate. The battle was a lynchpin of the ongoing Muslim conquest of the Maghreb and put remaining Byzantine resistance to rest.
| Battle of Carthage | |||||||||
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| Part of the Muslim conquest of North Africa and the Arab–Byzantine Wars | |||||||||
Roman Carthage was destroyed, its walls torn down, its water supply cut off and its harbours made unusable. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Umayyad Caliphate | Byzantine Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Hasan ibn al-Nu'man |
Leontius Tiberius Apsimarus John the Patrician | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 40,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Low | High | ||||||||
Battle of Carthage Location within Tunisia | |||||||||
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