Battle of Sufetula (546 or 547)

Battle of Sufetula
Part of the Moorish wars
Date 546/547 Location near Sufetula, Byzacena, Byzantine Empire (now Sbeitla, Tunisia) Result Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Pro-Roman Berbers	Kingdom of Cabaon
Commanders and leaders
John Troglita Putzintulus Geiserith Cutzinas	Antalas  Ierna  Carcasan Bruten
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Sufetula took place in either late 546 or early 547, at Sufetula in Byzacena, a province of Byzantine Empire, in what is now Tunisia during the Moorish uprisings against the Byzantines. It was fought by Byzantine forces led by John Troglita, against Moorish rebels led by Antalas.^[1] The battle resulted in a crushing Byzantine victory: the Berbers suffered heavy losses, and the battle-standards lost at the battle of Cillium in 544 were recovered by the Byzantines.^[2][3]