Kingdom of Altava

Altava was an independent Berber Christian kingdom in the ancient province of Mauretania Caesariensis, located in present-day northern Algeria. It was ruled by kings Masuna (508), Mastigas (535-540), Garmul[1] (560s-579), and Caecilius[2] (690). The Kingdom of Altava existed in the Maghreb from the 4th century AD until the death of Caecilius in 690. King Masuna was among the more important Altava rulers. He was described in an inscription from his capital Altava (modern Ouled Mimoun, Tlemcen) dated to 508 AD as a king of Berbers and Romans and mention is made of his officials including Masguinus the perfect of Safar, Maximus the procurator of Altava and lider the procurator of Castra Severiana.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Reynolds, Paul (2010). Trade in the western Mediterranean, AD 400-700, 439-700. University of Michigan: Tempus Reparatum, 1995. p. 139. ISBN 0860547825.
  2. ↑ Noé Villaverde Vega: "El Reino mauretoromano de Altava, siglo VI" [The Mauro-Roman kingdom of Altava], Tingitana en la antigüedad tardía, siglos III–VII: autoctonía y romanidad en el extremo occidente mediterráneo (Madrid: 2001), p. 355
  3. ↑ Conant, Jonathan (2004), "Literacy and Private Documentation in Vandal North Africa: The Case of the Albertini Tablets", Vandals, Romans and Berbers: New Perspectives on Late Antique North Africa, Ashgate Publishing, pp. 199–224, ISBN 0-7546-4145-7
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