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Altava is an ancient Roman city, and the capital of the Berber kingdom of Altava, located in modern-day Algeria. Named ''Lamoriciere'' at the time of the French presence, is located at Ouled Mimoun near Tlemcen. ==History== Altava was located in western Mauretania Caesariensis on the Roman road from strategic Theveste to Numerus Syrorum (actual Maghnia). Altava was a city populated mainly by Berbers under Septimius Severus, with a small roman garrison. The garrison -according to historian M. Ruiu- was the ''Cohors II Sardorum'' and protected the new limes of the Roman empire moved south from the Mediterranean shores to a military road called ''Nova Praetentura'' . This road went from Rapidum in Numidia to Altava and Numerus Syrorum at the border of Mauretania Tingitana.〔( Altava and the Roman "Cohors II Sardorum )〕 Altava, according to historian Lawless, was a vicus that achieved independent status from the castrum-fort of the garrison and had a huge Forum and an important pagan temple, later converted to Christian church. The Roman settlement had an area of nearly 13 hectares and was surrounded by farms〔Lawless, R. ''Mauretania Caesartiensis: anarcheological and geographical survey'' Section: The Roman Civilian Sites. p.122-195〕 Emperor Diocletian reorganized the Roman Empire in 298 AD and later withdrew from the area of Volubilis, the Rif mountains in northern Morocco and the western Algerian Atlas mountains after the Crisis of the 3rd Century. Berber rulers created a small independent kingdom there, centered on the capital Altava and the fully Romanised city of Volubilis. From the 7th century Byzantine historians usually called it the "Kingdom of Altava". This kingdom acted as a small Roman client state, but sometimes the Berber tribes living in that semi-free territory raided the Roman cities of the coast. This Mauro-Roman kingdom was never conquered by the Vandals, who destroyed the Roman presence in the Maghreb in 429-435 AD. After the Vandal invasion in 429 AD, Altava became the capital of an independent Romano-Berber state. Between 550 and 578 AD the city was the capital of the independent Berber kingdom of Garmul. The last time the kingdom of Altava was cited historically was in connection with a campaign of Gennadius, a ''magister militum'' sent by the Eastern Roman Empire. He defeated the Berbers and the ruler of Altava in 578 AD and his small kingdom was probably incorporated to the Byzantine Empire.〔Martindale et al. " ''The Prosopography of the later Roman Empire''" Vol.III〕 We have no historical records about Altava in the seventh century, but it is also conceivable that the kingdom of Altava (or at least a small section of it) lasted until its conquest by the Arabs around 700 AD.〔Philippe Sénac et Patrice Cressier : "''Histoire du Maghreb médiéval VII - XI ème siècle''" Armand Colin. Paris. France. 2012 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Altava」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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