Stelle Tripolim uenit, Cidam quoque et Hel...; (Chronica Byzantina-Arabica (741 - 743), Chroniques Anni 741, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §24 (p. 315)) [5622]

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Text Chronica Byzantina-Arabica (741 - 743) Anonymous - History
Quotation Tripolim uenit, Cidam quoque et Helemptien bellando adgressus est, et post multas desolationes effecta, uictas uastasque prouincias in fidem accepit et mox Africam, adhuc sanguinem sitiens, aduentauit. Preparata igitur certamina, ilico in fugam Maurorum acies uersa est et omnias decoritas Africe cum Gregorio comite usque ad internicionem deleta est. Habedella quoque, honestus beneficio largo, cum omnibus suis cohortibus remeando Egyptum peruenit, Moabia peragente X regni anno.
Translation [...] He came to Tripoli. He also assailed through war Cuida and Helemptie, and after many desolations and vanquishing and devastation, he accepted the provinces into trust. Still thirsty for blood, he arrived in Africa. Therefore preparations for battles were made, and the line of the Moors was put to flight and all the nobility of Africa with count Gregory were wiped out in killing. Also the reputed Habedella, returning with large largess with all his cohorts, reached Egypt, as Moabia was acting in the tenth year of his rule. (Al-Tamimi, trans., “Byzantine-Arabic Chronicle”, 2019)
Summary Here the Chronica Byzantina Arabica recounts the reign of the Caliph Mu’awiya [Moabia], silently including the five preceding years (from 656 to 661) as part of his reign.
Quotation source Chroniques Anni 741, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §24 (p. 315)
Temporal Coverage 656 - 680
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