Mavia (queen)

Mauia (or Mavia ) was an Arab ruler in the late 4th century.

The ancient church historian Rufinus of Aquileia, Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen, and Theodoret report it in the context of a conflict between Arab tribes and the eastern Rome. Accordingly troops Mauias have regularly devastated Roman in Phoenicia and Palestine. Condition for a peace treaty with Rome under the Arian Emperor Valens minded was that a certain Moses, hermit in the area of ​​influence Mauias, 'll ordained a bishop. This was refused as a staunch representative of orthodoxy, however, not to take the consecration by Lucius ( Lucius ), the Arian bishop of Alexandria. This conversation than Moses reproduced with Lucius Entertainment reveals the theological interest of the Church historian and wakes fundamental doubts about her portrayal of the events. The historicity Mauias remains unaffected. However, after this episode, she no longer appears in the sources.