Garmul

Garmul was a Berber king of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom. Garmul, who destroyed a Byzantine army in 571,[1] launched raids into Byzantine territory, and three successive generals (the praetorian prefect Theodore and the magister militum Theoctistus in 570, and Theoctistus' successor Amabilis in 571) are recorded by John of Biclaro to have been killed in a battle by Garmul's forces.[2] His activities, especially when regarded together with the simultaneous Visigoth attacks in Spania, presented a clear threat to the province's authorities. Thus the new emperor, Tiberius II Constantine, re-appointed Thomas as praetorian prefect, and the able general Gennadius was posted as magister militum with the clear aim of ending Garmul's campaigns. Preparations were lengthy and careful, but the campaign itself, launched in 577–78, was brief and effective, with Gennadius utilizing terror tactics against Garmul's subjects. Garmul was defeated and killed by 579, and the coastal corridor between Tingitana and Caesariensis secured.[3]

Garmul
King of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom
Reignc. 570–578
PredecessorLast recorded previous ruler John

References
  1. Unesco, GHA (2010). Trade in the western Mediterranean, AD 400-700, 439-700. California: University of California Press, 1981. p. 508. ISBN 0435948059.
  2. PLRE IIIa, p. 504
  3. El Africa Bizantina, pp. 45-46
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Unknown
last previous king known John		 King of the Moors and Romans
c. 570–578		 Succeeded by
Collapse of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom
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