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The Kingdom of Ouarsenis (Latin : Regnum Mons Ancorarius[2][3][4][5][6]),was an independent Berber kingdom located in the Ouarsenis region in the north of present-day Algeria.
Kingdom of Ouarsenis | |||||||||
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| 430–735 | |||||||||
 The Kingdom of Ouarsenis (2) and other romanized Berber kingdoms of the late sixth century | |||||||||
| Status | Rump state of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Jedars, Caesarea | ||||||||
| Common languages | Berber, African Romance Latin | ||||||||
| Religion | Christianity[1] (Chalcedonian Christianity) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• ? | Ortayas | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
• Collapse of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom | 430 | ||||||||
• Annexed by Umayyad Caliphate | 735 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Algeria | ||||||||
History
editIn 430, the tribes of Ouarsenis/Hodna established a kingdom with its capital at the Roman city of "Timgarta," which will be later named "Tihert" (today called Tiaret). The Kingdom was located in central Algeria. Ortayas was one of its monarchs.[7]
This is when the famous Djeddar in the Ouarsenis appearedin 466 et 480[8].
The royal necropolis of Djedars is a testimony of the existence of such a prestigious and prosperous kingdom in central west Algeria where the king Mastinâs « governed the berbers»[9][10].
Les Mazices (in Ancient Greek : Maxyes) was the berber tribe known to the latins as Massyles who governed in the provinces of Numidia in the region who inhabited the region[11].
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Austin Markus, Robert (2009). From Augustine to Gregory the Great: History and Christianity in Late Antiquity. Variorum Reprints. p. 11-12. ISBN 9780860781172.
- ^ L'Algérie histoire des guerres des Romains, des Byzantines et des Vandales & Dureau de La Malle 1852, p. 200.
- ^ Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 Volume 2 & Eugène Pellissier 1844, p. 321.
- ^ Revue africaine bulletin de travaux de la Société historique algérienne Volume 30 & Kraus Reprint 1886, p. 22.
- ^ Les Antiquités Algérienne & Oscar MacCarthy 1885, p. 12.
- ^ Revue africaine, Volume 30 & Société historique algérienne 1886, p. 22.
- ^ Bacha, Dmoh (2019-04-23). Algerie Culture Identite: Maghreb Algerie Maroc Tunisie (in French). Illindi Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-0955-9126-0.
- ^ Atlas historique de l'Afrique: Des origines à nos jours & Bernard Lugan 2018.
- ^ Monuments funéraires, institutions autochtones en Afrique du Nord Antique et Médiéval & Pol Trousset 1995, p. 322.
- ^ L'Antiquité & Hédi Slim 1960, p. 348.
- ^ L'Algérie: histoire des guerres des Romains, des Byzantines et des Vandales & Dureau de La Malle (M., Adolphe Jules César Auguste) 1852, p. 200.
Bibliography
edit- Barnes, Timothy . The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. ISBN 0-7837-2221-4
- Camps, G. Rex gentium Maurorum et Romanorum. Recherches sur les royaumes de Maurétanie des VIe et VIIe siècles
- Hrbek, I., ed. General History of Africa III: Africa From the Seventh to the Eleventh Century.
- Diehl, Charles (1896). L'Afrique Byzantine. Histoire de la Domination Byzantine en Afrique (533–709) (in French). Paris, France: Ernest Leroux.
- Modéran, Y. Kusayla, l'Afrique et les Arabes. In "Identités et Cultures dans l'Algérie Antique", University of Rouen, 2005 (ISBN 2-87775-391-3).
- Conant, Jonathan (2012). Staying Roman : conquest and identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439-700. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 280–281. ISBN 978-0521196970.