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]
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. | |||||||||
| Status | Rump state of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom | ||||||||
| Common languages | Berber, African Romance Latin | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Algeria | ||||||||
References
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edit- ↑ Modéran 2008, pp. 99–100.
- 1 2 Laporte 2013, pp. 5856–5858.
Bibliography
edit- Laporte, Jean-Pierre (2013). "Ortaïas, chef Maure du Hodna au VIe siècle". Encyclopédie berbère (in French). International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- Modéran, Yves (2008). "Des Maures aux Berbères: Identite et ethnicité en Afrique du Nord". Identité et ethnicité : concepts, débats historiographiques, exemples (IIIe-XIIe siècle) (in French). Caen: Centre de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques Anciennes et Médiévales. pp. 91–134.