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Line 138: The [[Vandals]] conquered the Roman city and ruled it until the death of [[Genseric]] (477). The Berbers then occupied it, making it the capital of a [[Romano-Berber states\|Romano-Berber kingdom]] until subjected to [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantium]] under [[Justinian I]] (527–565). He made Capsa the capital of the province of [[Byzacena]]. The Duke of Byzacena resided there. In 540, the Byzantine governor general [[Solomon (Byzantine general)\|Solomon]] built a new city wall, naming the city Justiniana Capsa.<ref name=CE/> The Arab army of [[~~Oqba~~Uqba ~~Ibn~~ibn Nafi]] conquered Gafsa in 688, in spite of resistance from the Berbers.<ref>[http://www.asmgafsa.org.tn/historique.htm History of Gafsa (in French)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515010916/http://www.asmgafsa.org.tn/historique.htm \|date=2014-05-15 }}</ref> After the [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb\|Arab conquest]], Capsa started to lose importance, replaced by [[Muslim]]-founded [[Kairouan]]. Historians such as Camps and Laverde consider Gafsa the place in North Africa where [[African Romance]] last survived, until the 13th century, as a spoken language.

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