Ammatas

Ammatus

Ammatus

Vandal noble and military leader

Ammatus also spelled Ammatas was a Vandal noble and military leader.[1] He was the brother of the Vandal king Gelimer.[1][2][3][4] He had the previous Vandal king, Hilderic, executed on the orders of his brother.[1][2] On his brother's orders he moved to support Gelimer himself in repulsing a Byzantine invasion at Ad Decimum.[1][2][3][4] During the battle there he was killed.[1][2]

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    Hughes, Ian (Historian) (2009). Belisarius : the last Roman general. Yardley, Pa.: Westholme. ISBN 9781594160851. OCLC 294885267.
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    Heather, P. J. (Peter J.). Rome resurgent : war and empire in the age of Justinian. New York, NY. ISBN 9780199362745. OCLC 1007044617.
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    Brogna, Anthony (1995). The Generalship of Belisarius (PDF) (Master of Military Art and Science thesis). United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth: Defense Technical Information Center. p. 54–55. OCLC 227839393. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021.
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    Brogna, Anthony. The generalship of belisarius. Hauraki Publishing.
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