Constantinople, warring successfully against the Vandal kingdom in present Tunisia, formally restores Africa to imperial rule as the praetorian prefecture of Africa.

The Moorish tribes of the interior prove unwilling to accept imperial rule and soon rise up in rebellion.

Emperor Justinian I issues an edict in 535 that excludes North African Jews from public office, prohibits Jewish practice, and results in the transformation of synagogues into churches.

Many flee inland to the Berber communities of the mountains and in the desert, and eight of the tribes abandon their shamanistic pagan concepts for Judaism.