greek tribal leader played major role wars byzantine_empire tribes africa middle 6th century fighting byzantines staunch byzantine ally stages rebellion remained imperial vassal murder new byzantine governor life mixed stock father mother came population north_africa following north_africa byzantine empire war uprisings native tribes occurred north african provinces mentioned eyewitness historian leaders rebellion province alongside spring rebels defeated byzantine military commander solomon battles forced flee west mount sought protection local ruler disappears record time according epic poem roman african writer ally byzantines friend solomon year rebellion suppressed solomon tribes mount quickly spread rose leadership time opposed revolt brought people reading uncertain byzantine military solomon killed battle year byzantine position africa rebels late joined march capital main stronghold byzantine government africa secretly agreed byzantine governor battle joined revealed byzantine commander turn contact planned gain time prepare advised children hostage event launched uprising thoroughly failed suppress resulting execution governorship plans revealed changed sides allied giving mother son hostages armenian commander sent pursue scoring victory rebel forces near winter new byzantine governor commander chief arrived africa followers joined participated expedition saw defeat submission shortly received supreme roman military rank summer accompanied campaign tribes battle advocated attacking rebel forces byzantine army heavily defeated risen revolt winter pro byzantine leader dispute threatened spill open armed conflict intervention prevented official john effected reconciliation spring participated campaign according head men divided units thousand strong number possibly includes byzantine troops placed command campaign leaders crucial suppressing near mutiny byzantine troops earth strategy support enabled overcome crisis lead army forces fought ensuing battle fields decisive byzantine victory fell revolt crushed surviving leaders submitted remained vassal receiving regular pay byzantine authorities january new africa refused hand money murdered prompting uprising children
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