What the records say
- When
- 682
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 34.83° N, 5.73° E
- Description
- 682 battle between Byzantium and Umayyad Caliphate
Battle of Vescera
680battle in modern-day Algeria between Umayyad forces and a Berber-Byzantine coalition
The Battle of Vescera was fought in 682 or 683 between the Romano-Berbers of King Kusaila and their Byzantine allies from the Exarchate of Africa against an Umayyad Arab army under Uqba ibn Nafi. Uqba ibn Nafi had led his men in an expedition across north Africa, eventually reaching the Atlantic Ocean and marching as far south as the Draa and Sous rivers.
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