Masties established his territory in Numidia with Arris as his residence. In order to legitimize his reign with the Roman Provincials, he accepted the title of Imperator and declared himself openly as a Christian after 476, as part of a rebellion against the Vandal king Huneric.[2]
According to an inscription found at Arris, Masties reigned for 67 years as a dux, and 40 years (or only 10 years) of them as an Emperor of "Romans and Moors" until 516 AD, where he knew how to practice a skillful policy to balance between the Byzantines and the Moors.[3] There is no indication that the "empire" of Masties was recognized by Constantinople, in which the Berber princes were considered as "usurpers".
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Jehan Desanges: À propos de Masties, imperator berbère et chrétien. In: Ktema 21, 1996, pp. 183–188.
Paul-Albert Février: Masuna et Masties. In: Antiquités africaines 24, 1988, pp. 133–147 (online copy).
Pierre Morizot: Pour une nouvelle lecture de l'Elogium de Masties. In: Antiquités africaines 25, 1989, pp. 263–284.
Yves Modéran (2003), Les Maures and l'Afrique romaine. 4e.-7e. siècle (= Bibliothèque des écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, vol. 314) (in French), Rome: Publications de l'École française de Rome, ISBN2-7283-0640-0
January 01, 1970
masties, reigned, ruler, kingdom, aurès, roman, berber, kingdom, algeria, king, aurèsreignc, 516successoriaudasdiedc, contents, biography, historical, sources, references, bibliographybiography, editduring, fall, western, roman, empire, second, half, century, . Masties reigned c 426 494 or 449 516 was the ruler of Kingdom of the Aures a Roman Berber kingdom in Algeria 1 MastiesKing of the AuresReignc 484 c 516SuccessorIaudasDiedc 516 Contents 1 Biography 2 Historical sources 3 References 4 BibliographyBiography editDuring the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the second half of the 5th century several Roman Berber kingdoms including that of Altava were formed in the mountainous areas of the provinces that were not controlled by the Vandal Kingdom Since the deposition of Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer in 476 and the assassination of the last legitimate Western emperor Julius Nepos in 480 these kingdoms had become vassal states of the Eastern Roman Empire Masties established his territory in Numidia with Arris as his residence In order to legitimize his reign with the Roman Provincials he accepted the title of Imperator and declared himself openly as a Christian after 476 as part of a rebellion against the Vandal king Huneric 2 According to an inscription found at Arris Masties reigned for 67 years as a dux and 40 years or only 10 years of them as an Emperor of Romans and Moors until 516 AD where he knew how to practice a skillful policy to balance between the Byzantines and the Moors 3 There is no indication that the empire of Masties was recognized by Constantinople in which the Berber princes were considered as usurpers He was later succeeded by Iaudas Historical sources editFuneral inscription found in the Aures mountains at Arris L Annee Epigraphique 1945 97 ECDS entry EDH entry HD019959 References edit John Robert Martindale 1980 Yves Moderan 2003 Andrew Merrills amp Richard Miles 2009Bibliography editMichael Maas The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila Cambridge University Press 2014 ISBN 9781316060858 pp 277 278 Andrew Merrills amp Richard Miles 2009 The Vandals Wiley pp 127 128 ISBN 9781444318081 Philip Rosseau ed A Companion to Late Antiquity Wiley 2012 ISBN 9781118293478 p 579 John Robert Martindale 1980 Masties In The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire Volume 2 Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 734 ISBN 0 521 20159 4 Jehan Desanges A propos de Masties imperator berbere et chretien In Ktema 21 1996 pp 183 188 Paul Albert Fevrier Masuna et Masties In Antiquites africaines 24 1988 pp 133 147 online copy Pierre Morizot Pour une nouvelle lecture de l Elogium de Masties In Antiquites africaines 25 1989 pp 263 284 Pierre Morizot Masties a t il ete imperator In Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 141 2002 pp 231 240 JSTOR Yves Moderan 2003 Les Maures and l Afrique romaine 4e 7e siecle Bibliotheque des ecoles francaises d Athenes et de Rome vol 314 in French Rome Publications de l Ecole francaise de Rome ISBN 2 7283 0640 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Masties amp oldid 1221519464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
