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Battle of Thacia |
year: 545 |
| Defeat of the Byzantines by the army of the Moorish tribes | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Berbers
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location: In the region of Thacia, west of the modern-day town Borj El Messaoudi
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battle type: Pitched battle |
war: Berber Tribes Rebellions |
modern country:
Tunisia |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: Justinian I) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | Ioannes | Antalas & Stotzas |
| Forces: | considerably outnumbered | |
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| Background story: |
| After the death of the capable governor of Carthage Solomon in the battle of Cillium, his nephew Sergius, whose arrogant treatment of the Leuathae tribe had prompted the rebellion of the Moors, was appointed governor in Africa. The emperor Justinian sent also the patrician Areobindus to share command with Sergius. Both these men were incompetent. In the meantime the leader of the Moorish rebels Antalas joined forces with Stotzas, a renegade Byzantine soldier who had led an unsuccessful rebellion against the Byzantine Carthage a few years earlier. |
The Battle: |
 Roman buccelarius The army of Ioannes was considerably outnumbered by the rebel forces, and in a Battle near Thacia his army was routed and he himself was killed, but not before mortally wounding Stotzas with an arrow. |
Aftermath: |
| After the defeat at Thacia, Sergius was relieved and Areobindus replaced him. Areobindus was murdered in March of 546 by the dux of Numidia Guntharic who took his position. Guntharic was also murdered two months later. |
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