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Iaudas

6th century · 6th century · Also known as Iabdas

Iaudas was a Berber king of the Aurès mountains in the 530s who resisted the Byzantine reconquest of North Africa. He raided Byzantine Numidia and withstood the first expeditions against him, but in 539 the general Solomon stormed his mountain strongholds and he fled to Mauretania. He later fought as a Byzantine ally against other Berber rebels.

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