Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sarkin Roma na Gabas Justinian I, wanda ya goyi bayan Hilderic, ba da daɗewa ba ya yi yaƙi da Vandals
, a fili don mayar da Hilderic. A watan Yunin 533, Justinian ya aika da rundunar da Belisarius ya ba da umarni wanda a ƙarshe ya isa Afirka a farkon Satumba. A wannan lokacin, a Sardinia, wadda take cikin yankin Vandal, gwamna Godas, ɗan Goth, ya yi tawaye da Gelimer kuma ya soma bi da Justinian a matsayin mai sarauta mai zaman kansa. Gelimer, jahilci ko raini game da shirin Justinian, ya aika da babbar rundunar da ta ƙunshi yawancin sojojin da ke cikin Afirka a ƙarƙashin ɗan'uwansa Tzazo don murkushe tawayen, ma'ana cewa saukowar Belisarius ba shi da matsala.