<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UStotzas wakhonza njengomqaphi womlawuli wamabutho uMartinus ebuthweni elaliholwa uBelisarius  <response>: wanqoba umbuso wamaVandal e-Afrika ngo-533534. Ngo - 536, kwaqubuka ukuvukela kwezempi ebuthweni laseByzantium e - Afrika ngokumelene nomholi walo, uSolomoni. Abavukeli bakhetha uStozas ukuba abahole, futhi babehlose ukuxosha abathembekile embusweni futhi bamise i-Afrika njengombuso ohlukile, olawulwa yibo. UStotzas wahlasela inhloko - dolobha, iCarthage, nebutho lamadoda angu - 8 000, ahlanganiswa okungenani amaVandal ayinkulungwane ayesaphila nezigqila eziningana ezazibalekile. Wawuvimbezela umuzi, owawusuzozinikela lapho uBelisarius efika ngokuzumayo evela eSicily. UStotzas wasusa ukuvinjezelwa futhi wasuka waya eMembresa, lapho ibutho lakhe lanqotshwa khona nguBelisarius. Amavukela-mbuso abalekela eNumidia, lapho uStotzas anxenxa khona iningi lebutho laseByzantium ukuba lijoyine yena, ngemuva kokubulala izikhulu zabo; ngokusho kwesazi-mlando uProcopius, ngalesi sikhathi izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zebutho laseByzantium e-Afrika zaziye ekamu lamavukela-mbuso. 