Kingdom of Hodna

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Kingdom of Hodna
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Map of the Romano-Berber Kingdoms, according to the French historian Christian Courtois. Number 3 is the Kingdom of Hodna.
StatusRump state of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom
Common languages Berber, African Romance Latin
Government Monarchy
King 
Historical era Medieval
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Roman coins excavated in Essaouira 3rd century and late Roman Empire cropped no background.png Mauro-Roman Kingdom
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Today part of Algeria

The Kingdom of Hodna is the name of a Romano-Berber kingdom located mostly in Mauretania Sitifensis outside the Hodna Mountains in what is present-day Algeria. In the 6th century AD, the polity was led by a king named Ortaias. [1] Initially an ally of the Byzantine Empire, Ortaias was opposed by Mastigas of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom and Iaudas of the Kingdom of the Aurès. [2] It is likely that the Kingdom of Hodna was conquered or absorbed by the Byzantine Empire around 539 after the Praetorian prefect of Africa, Solomon returned land that included the kingdom's territory "into Roman power". [2]

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  1. Modéran 2008, pp. 99–100.
  2. 1 2 Laporte 2013, pp. 5856–5858.

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