<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Calonymus cishe wayezalwa e - Alexandria, inhloko - dolobha yesifunda - nkolo saseGibithe. Ngo-533, wabelwa ukuba abe umlawuli oyedwa wemikhumbi yempi yaseByzantium ngesikhathi se  <response>: Impi Yokucekela Phansi. Umsebenzi wayo kwakuwukuthutha amabutho kaBelisarius aye eMbusweni WamaVandal WaseNyakatho Afrika. UProcopius ubika ngokuningiliziwe ngamandla asolwandle ayebuthene: Ngenxa yawo wonke lawo mandla kwakudingeka imikhumbi engamakhulu amahlanu, engekho neyodwa eyayikwazi ukuthwala ama - medimni angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amahlanu, noma engaphansi kwezinkulungwane ezintathu. Kuyo yonke imikhumbi kwakukhona amatilosi ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu, iningi lawo lingamaGibithe, ama - Ionian, namaKilikiya, futhi kwakukhethwe induna eyodwa phezu kwayo yonke imikhumbi, uCalonymus wase - Alexandria. Futhi babenezikebhe zempi ezilungiselelwe ukulwa olwandle, zifika enanini lamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nambili, futhi zaziyizikebhe ezinesigqoko esisodwa ezihlanganiswe ngamapulangwe, ukuze amadoda azigwedlayo uma kungenzeka angavezwa yizinsimbi zesitha. Izikebhe ezinjalo zibizwa ngokuthi ama-dromone yilabo besikhathi samanje; ngoba ziyakwazi ukufinyelela isivinini esikhulu. Kulezi kwakuhamba amadoda aseByzantium ayizinkulungwane ezimbili, wonke ayengamagwedla kanye namadoda empi; ngoba kwakungekho ngisho nendoda eyodwa eyayingadingeki phakathi kwawo. 