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| Antalas | |
|---|---|
| Moorish King of the Frexes gens[1] King of Byzacena's Moors[2] Moorish Rebels Coalition Commander in Chief[3] | |
| Reign | before 530 – after 548 |
| Born | c. 500 |
Antalas (Greek: Ἀντάλας; c. 500 – after 548) was a Berber tribal leader who played a major role in the wars of the Byzantine Empire against the Berber tribes in Africa. Antalas and his tribe, the Frexes initially served the Byzantines as allies, but after 544 switched sides. With the final Byzantine victory in his and his tribe once again became Byzantine subjects. The main sources on his life are the epic poem Iohannis of Flavius Cresconius Corippus and the Histories of the Wars of Procopius of Caesarea.
- ^ Nicholson, Oliver (2018). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-256246-3.
- ^ The Tragedy of Empire From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy. Harvard University Press. 2019. ISBN 978-0-674-66013-7.
- ^ War, Rebellion and Epic in Byzantine North Africa A Historical Study of Corippus' Iohannis. Cambridge University Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1-009-39198-6.