THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 430–578

Mauro-Roman Kingdom

Berber-Roman kingdom of western Mauretania (Oranie), known from the Altava inscription of 508 naming Masuna 'rex gentium Maurorum et Romanorum', and from Procopius. The inscription names officials Masuna appointed at Altava and two other towns.

It took shape as Roman rule ended in Mauretania Caesariensis (the Vandals invaded Africa in 429), and Garmul, whom some historians count as a later king, was killed by the Byzantines in 578. Scholars disagree on how far it was a single kingdom and how large it was (‘much of Mauretania Caesariensis’ in some accounts). Source: Wikipedia 'Mauro-Roman Kingdom'.

See Mauro-Roman Kingdom on the map in 430

On the map
430–578
Capital
Altava

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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