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Battle of Carthage (698)
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| Battle of Carthage | |||||||||
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| Part of the Muslim conquest of North Africa and the Arab–Byzantine Wars | |||||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Karta_Karthago.PNG) 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 | ||||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Tunisia_adm_location_map.svg)  Carthage Location within Tunisia | |||||||||
The Battle of Carthage was fought in 698 AD 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.
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فتح قرطاج Arabic Schlacht von Karthago (698) German Μάχη της Καρχηδόνας (698) Greek Batalla de Cartago (698) Spanish Bataille de Carthage (698) French Pertempuran Kartago (698) ID Battaglia di Cartagine (698) Italian Slag bij Carthago (698) Dutch Sètge de Cartage (698) OC Batalha de Cartago (698) Portuguese
