{{short description|Vandal noble and military leader}} '''Ammatus''' also spelled '''Ammatas''' (late 5th century – 533) was a Vandal noble and military leader.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/belisariuslastro00ianh|title=Belisarius : the last Roman general|author=Hughes, Ian (Historian)|date=2009|publisher=Westholme|isbn=9781594160851|location=Yardley, Pa.|oclc=294885267|url-access=registration}}</ref> He was the brother of the Vandal king Gelimer.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Rome resurgent : war and empire in the age of Justinian|author=Heather, P. J. (Peter J.)|isbn=9780199362745|location=New York, NY|oclc=1007044617}}</ref><ref name="brogna1995">{{Cite thesis|last=Brogna|first=Anthony|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a299019.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117030448/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a299019.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|title=The Generalship of Belisarius.|location=United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth|date=1995|publisher=Defense Technical Information Center|language=English|oclc=227839393|degree=Master of Military Art and Science|page=[https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a299019.pdf#page=61 54]{{ndash}}55}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=The generalship of belisarius|last=Brogna|first=Anthony|publisher=Hauraki Publishing}}</ref> He had the previous Vandal king, Hilderic, executed on the orders of his brother.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> On his brother's orders he moved to support Gelimer himself in repulsing a Byzantine invasion at Ad Decimum.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="brogna1995" /><ref name=":2" /> During that battle, he was killed.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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