Battle of Vescera

{{Short description|682 battle in modern-day Algeria between Umayyad forces and a Berber-Byzantine coalition}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Battle of Vescera

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| partof = the Muslim conquest of North Africa
and the Arab–Byzantine wars

| date = 682 CE

| place = Thabudeos, near Vescera

| result = Berber and Byzantine victory

| combatant1 = Umayyad Caliphate

| combatant2 = Kingdom of Altava
Byzantine Empire

| commander1 = Uqba ibn Nafi{{KIA}}
Abu al-Muhajir Dinar{{KIA}}

| commander2 = Caecilius

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| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Arab–Byzantine Wars}}

{{Campaignbox Berber Wars}}

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The Battle of Vescera (modern Biskra in Algeria) was fought in 682 or 683 between the Romano-Berbers of King Kusaila and their Byzantine allies from the Exarchate of Carthage against an Umayyad Arab army under Uqba ibn Nafi (the founder of Kairouan).{{cite book | title = The History of Northern Africa | first = Amy | last = McKenna | publisher = Britannica Educational Publishing | year = 2011 | isbn = 978-1615303182 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xH1EVEEtXvUC | page = 40}} 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. On his return, he was ambushed by the Berber-Byzantine coalition at Tehouda (Thabudeos) south Vescera, defeated, and killed.