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Which territories became part of the Byzantine Empire after Justinian I’s conquest of North Africa?
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Justinian I
Justinian I, detail of a mosaic in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy.
Following the successful conquest of the Vandal kingdom in North Africa by the Byzantine general Belisarius in 534, the region was reorganized as part of the Byzantine Empire. In addition to the North African territories, this reorganization incorporated the following islands and locations into the empire:
- Sardinia
- Corsica
- The Balearic Islands
- Septem (modern-day Ceuta)1