A Romano-Berber kingdom in Mauretania Sitifensis, around/outside the Hodna Mountains of present-day Algeria, ruled in the 6th century by a king named Ortaias — initially allied with the Byzantine Empire against rival Berber kings Mastigas (Mauro-Roman Kingdom) and Iaudas (Kingdom of the Aurès).
Absorbed by the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire around 539, when the Praetorian prefect of Africa, Solomon, returned its territory 'into Roman power'.
Covers the Romano-Berber successor kingdoms of the late-antique Maghreb interior, including the minor 6th-century Berber kingdoms around the Hodna and Aurès.
Covers Solomon's Byzantine campaigns that absorbed the Kingdom of Hodna's territory around 539.