Draft:Kingdom of the Great Dorsale
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The Kingdom of the Great Dorsale, Kingdom of Dorsale[9] also Kingdom of the Tunisian Dorsale or Frexes-Naffur Confederacy Chiefdom[10][11] even Principalty of Dorsale[12] can also be called Frexes Federation or Frexes Confederation but in its most complete name would rather be Ancient Frexes Kingdom of Great Dorsale[13] was an independent Pagan[14] Berber political entity primarily independant from the Vandal realm and then a federacy affiliated to the Byzantine Empire (foedus) who then went in war with the Byzantine Empire in Northern Africa between 543-548 during what is known as the Moorish-Byzantines wars being the second war as the first was made by Iaudas King of Aurasium.
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Kingdom of Great Dorsale[3] | |||||||||
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c. ~510-c. After 548 | |||||||||
Capital | Thala[4][5] | ||||||||
Common languages | Berber, African Romance | ||||||||
Religion | Paganism Judaism Christianity | ||||||||
Government | Hereditary Monarchy | ||||||||
Chieftain, High Chief, Empreror[6], King[7]Aguellid[1][8] | |||||||||
• c. ~510 – c. ~517 | Guenfan | ||||||||
• c. ~517 – c. After 548 | Antalas | ||||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||
• Separation from the Vandal Kingdom of Carthage | ~510 | ||||||||
510's-534 | |||||||||
544 | |||||||||
545 | |||||||||
545 | |||||||||
late 546 or early 547 | |||||||||
547 | |||||||||
after 548 | |||||||||
Currency | Barter deniers | ||||||||
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Today part of | Algeria Tunisia |
During the second Moorish war, Antalas ruler of the Frexes was able to unify Berbers across all North Africa as far as western Egypt (Marmarica) and Morocco (Mauretania) uniting severals tribals entities and kingdoms under his leadership therefore establishing at least a moral authority amongst the vast majority of Berbers for a certain time period making a great coalition and kind of great confederation even fitting to the description of Empire, as Frexes would unify multiples political and non-political entities being the center of it based in Byzacena and Antalas would earn from Romans records the title of "Princeps Maurorum"[15] translated Prince of the Moors[16]therefore commander of non-Romanized Berbers, but knowing even some Christians Berbers using Latin titles and influenced by Latin culture and identity coming from the Romans such as Iaudas and Cutzinas and even real Romans as deserters like Stotzas establish the fact that it was both representing a certain people and having multiples peoples united to the Frexes political entity of a multi-national union[17] under the central authority of Frexes who were under the command of Antalas as head from Byzacena and they're the ones who were able to make diplomacy or confront an Empire specifically the Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire in Africa but he was also reported 8 times in the works of Corippus as Tyrannus (Tyrant) which means he called him "absolute master" "absolute ruler"[18] from the greek túrannos for calling him the main ruler of Berbers or the most important one, and maybe added with a criticize at the same time as "illegitimate ruler" of Africa as a Roman Corippus for sure didn't appreciate the war Antalas master of the Berbers waged against his people the Romans. [19][20]