Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te Emepara o Rōmana ki te Rāwhiti, a Justinian I, nāna i tautoko a Hilderic, i whakapuaki i te pakanga ki ngā Vandals
, hei whakahoki mai i a Hilderic. I te Pipiri 533, i tukuna e Justinian tetahi ope whakaeke i whakahaua e Belisarius i tae ki Awherika i te timatanga o Hepetema. I taua wā, i Sardinia, he wāhanga o te rohe Vandal, ka whakakeke te kawana Godas, he Goth, ki a Gelimer, a ka timata ki te mahi ki a Justinian hei rangatira motuhake. Ko Gelimer, kaore i te mohio, i whakahawea ranei ki nga mahere a Justinian, i tukuna he ope nui kei roto i te nuinga o te ope i Awherika i raro i tona tuakana a Tzazo ki te patu i te tutu, ko te tikanga kaore i whakaekehia te taunga o Belisarius.