Mastigas

535–541) ruled the Mauro-Roman Kingdom during the sixth century as King of the Moors and Romans, succeeding Masuna.

Mastigas would ally with Iaudas, ruler of the Kingdom of the Aurès and an enemy of both the Eastern Roman Empire and the previous Mauro-Roman king, Masuna, in an attempt at capturing territory from other smaller Berber kingdoms in the region.

Unlike Iaudas and his kingdom, the realm of Mastigas would not face any Eastern Roman attacks, possibly due to its more distant location, and would later on provide a safe haven for surviving defeated Berber forces and rebel Romans.

The Eastern Roman historian Procopius is the only source on him, briefly mentioning Mastigas and other local Berber rulers in Book II of the De Bello Vandalico.

[2] Mastigas struck coins bearing his own monogram as well as the portrait of the Eastern Roman Emperor, at this time Justinian I, much like the rulers of other Barbarian kingdoms.