List of Byzantine forts and other structures in the Maghreb

The Vandals, who had ruled in the heartland of the former Roman Province of Africa since 439, had considerable difficulties defending the national borders against the Berbers or keeping the Berbers under Vandal rule under control.

[1] which prompted large landowners and smallholders alike to fortify their farms.

[2] After the Eastern Roman reconquest of the areas conquered by the Vandals in the 5th century and renewed subjugation of small Roman-Berber states established in the same period, various fortresses were built there both on the border[3] as well as within the area ruled by the Eastern Romans.

Most of the fortresses are significantly smaller than their Roman predecessors and mostly classify as forts.

[5] This makes it considerably more difficult to identify a fortress in the Maghreb as Byzantine.