The Kingdom of Ouarsenis was an independent Berber kingdom located in the Ouarsenis region in the north of present-day Algeria.
Kingdom of Ouarsenis | |||||||||
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430–735 | |||||||||
Status | Rump state of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom | ||||||||
Capital | Jedars, Caesarea | ||||||||
Common languages | Berber, African Romance Latin | ||||||||
Religion | Christianity[1] (Chalcedonian Christianity) | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
King | |||||||||
• ? | Ortayas | ||||||||
Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
• Collapse of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom | 430 | ||||||||
• Annexed by Umayyad Caliphate | 735 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Algeria |
In 430, the tribes of Ouarsenis/Hodna established a kingdom with its capital at the Roman city of "Timgarta," which will be later named "Tihert" (today called Tiaret). The Kingdom was located in central Algeria. Ortayas was one of its monarchs.[2]