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Stotzas
Stotzas (Greek: Στότζας), also Stutias, Theophanes writes him Tzotzas (Τζότζας), was an East Roman (Byzantine) soldier and leader of a military rebellion in the Praetorian prefecture of Africa in the 530s. Stotzas attempted to establish Africa as a separate state and had been chosen by the rebelling soldiers as their leader. Nearly succeeding in taking Carthage, Stotzas was defeated at the Battle of the River Bagradas by Belisarius and fled into Numidia, where he regrouped. After another attempt at taking control of Africa, Stotzas was defeated by Germanus in 537 and fled with some of his foll

Mauro-Roman kingdoms
early medieval Christian Romano-Berber states
Kingdom of Altava
Kingdom in present-day Algeria
Kingdom of the Aurès
government in North Africa
Kingdom of Capsus
Romano-Berber kingdom in North Africa