The siege of

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was a siege from June 430 to August 431, carried out by the

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under their king

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against

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defenders under Boniface, Count of Africa. Having command of the sea, Boniface was able to keep the city well provisioned and, after 14 months, Genseric was the one short on supplies. The Vandals lifted the siege, making the ordeal a technical Roman victory. However, Boniface quickly abandoned the city by sea to meet with reinforcements from the

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; the Vandals were able to occupy the town and subsequently defeated the combined Roman forces in a set battle. Among those who died during the siege was St. Augustine.Thomas Benfield Harbottle, ''DICTIONARY OF BATTLES'' - ''From the earliest date to the present time'', p. 13.

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