Possible member of the Vandali Justiniani based on the mosaic from Madaba.
Emperor Justinian got rid of some of the potentially problematic remaining Vandal men by forming a new imperial regiment from these, which he named after himself VANDALI IVSTINIANI/"Justinian's Vandals", divided them into five Bandons of cavalry, and by a proven method immediately sent them far from home to the east to face the Persians. That this was not an entirely voluntary recruitment is evident from the fact that during the voyage some of these Vandals, numbering about 400, mutinied and seized control of the ships which were to carry them east.
However, the remaining 4 Bandons of Justinian's Vandals arrived in the east as planned and have served loyally there ever since as a regular unit of the Imperial Army(even under Belisarius himself, their former conqueror).
~AMELIANVS
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