Battle of Marta

The Battle of Marta was a military confrontation between a coalition of rebellious Berber tribes led by Carcasan and the forces of John Troglita and his Berber ally Cusina, at Marta (current-day Mareth, Tunisia), in the summer of 547. It followed a significant Byzantine victory through which John Troglita managed to suppress the Berber rebellion led by Antalas. However, in this instance, the Berber rebels managed to re-organize and prevail, although the pacified Moors later contributed to the victory that the Byzantines experienced at the Battle of the Fields of Cato, which Procopius mentioned as unexpected.