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John Troglitas decisively defeats Antalas and his …
Years: 547 - 547
John Troglitas decisively defeats Antalas and his allies in early 547 and drives them from Byzacena.
As Procopius recounts: And this John, immediately upon arriving in Libya, had an engagement with Antalas and the Moors in Byzacium, and conquering them in battle, slew many; and he wrested from these barbarians all the standards of Solomon, and sent them to the emperor—standards which they had previously secured as plunder, when Solomon had been taken from the world.
—Procopius, The Vandalic War II.XXVIII A few months later, however, the tribe of the Leuathae (Laguatan), in Tripolitania, rises up, and inflicts a severe defeat upon the imperial forces in the plain of Gallica.
John Troglita flees to …
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- Africa proconsularis (Roman province)
- Laguatan (Libyan tribal confederation)
- Africa Byzacena (Roman province)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Moors
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
- Africa, praetorian prefecture of
- Tripolitania (Roman province)
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Years: 547 - 547
Locations
People
Groups
- Africa proconsularis (Roman province)
- Laguatan (Libyan tribal confederation)
- Africa Byzacena (Roman province)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Moors
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
- Africa, praetorian prefecture of
- Tripolitania (Roman province)
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Symbols
- Engineering
- Environment
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
- Movements
Regions
Subregions