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| Battle of Thacia | |||||||
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| Part of the Moorish wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Byzantine Empire |
Frexes and Moors coalition Byzantine deserters | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Areobindus Artabanes John the Aremanian † |
Antalas Stotzas † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Unknown Reinforced with Armenian contingents | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Thacia took place in the autumn of 545, in Thacia (now Bordj Messaoudi, in Tunisia). The Byzantine loyalists led by John the Armenian confronted the Berber rebel Antalas and his ally Stotzas, a renegade Byzantine. In the clash, the outnumbered Byzantines were defeated and John was killed, but not before mortally wounding Stotzas. The Byzantine rout triggers a crisis in Carthage.