<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Inkosi yamaVandal eyayisekela iRoma uHilderic yaxoshwa esikhundleni ngumzala wayo uGelimer ngo-530. Ukuvukela okwaba khona eSardinia naseTripolitania kwanikeza uJustinian isizathu sokungenela. Wamisa uBelisarius ukuba ahole  <response>: ukuhlasela uMbuso WamaVandal ekuqaleni kuka-533. Indodakazi kaTheodoric, u-Amalasuntha, owabusa uMbuso Wama-Ostrogoth e-Italy njengombusi wendodana yakhe u-Athalaric, yavumela amabutho amaRoma ukuba asebenzise itheku laseSirakuse phakathi nomkhankaso. Ngonyaka owodwa, uBelisarius wanqoba amaVandal ngokusekelwa abantu bomdabu futhi wanqoba umbuso wabo. Ukubuyiselwa kokuthula ezindaweni zaseNyakatho Afrika ezanqotshwa kwaqhubeka iminyaka eminingi ngenxa yeziyaluyalu zezizwe zamaBerber ezingalawuleki nokusebenzelana kwazo namabutho amaRoma avukelayo. E-Italy, u-Athalaric washona futhi umzala ka-Amalasuntha uTheodahad wambulala ngo-535. Inhlekelele engokwemvelo engaziwa, cishe uthuli oluvela ekuqhumeni okukhulu kwentaba-mlilo, yafiphaza ilanga phakathi kuka-March 24, 535, no-June 24, 536. Amazinga okushisa aphansi abangela ukwehluleka kwezitshalo okuyinhlekelele nendlala enkulu. Le nhlekelele ayizange imvimbele uJustinian ukuba aye empini ngokumelene nama - Ostrogoth. Ngo-535 uMundus wanqoba iDalmatia futhi uBelisarius wathatha iSicily. Phakathi neminyaka emihlanu eyalandela, uBelisarius wahlala cishe kulo lonke elase-Italy, kodwa umbuso wama-Ostrogoth wasinda enyakatho. Esebenzisa ithuba lokugxila kwamasosha amaRoma e-Italy, amaBulgaria ahlasela amaBalkan, futhi uKhosrow waqhubeka nempi. Wahlasela iSiriya, waphanga i-Antiyokiya futhi wabuyisela ukubusa kwamaSassanian phezu kweLazica. 