The massive revolt against the central government…

The massive revolt against the central government in spring 378 will later be often compared to that launched by Zenobia a century earlier.

Mavia’s forces, which she often leads personally, sweep into Arabia and Palestine and reach the edges of Egypt, defeating the armies of Rome many times.

Because she and the Tanukhids have left Aleppo to use the desert as their base, the Romans are left without a standing target upon which to inflict retribution.

Mavia's highly mobile units, using classic guerilla warfare tactics, conduct numerous raids and frustrate Roman attempts to subdue the revolt.

Mavia and her forces prove themselves to be superior to Roman forces in open battle as well.

A century of having fought alongside Roman forces means that they are familiar with Roman tactics and easily defeat the forces of the Roman governor over Palestine and Phoenicia, the first to be sent in to crush the revolt.

She gains favor among townspeople in the region, sympathetic to her cause as well, and it seems as though the whole Roman East will break away to be ruled by Mavia and her Arabs.

Roman forces in the region suffer unexpected difficulty in battling the rebels, the Romans finally choose to make a truce with her, and she agrees to it due to the influence of the teachings of a Christian hermit, one Moses, upon her.

Her Christianized tribe thus becomes a valuable ally for Roman interests in the region.

Moses is appointed the first Arab bishop of the Arabs, and an incipient Arab church begins to emerge in the Roman East, attracting many Tanukh from Mesopotamia.

Mavia also manages to regain the Tanukh's allied status and the privileges they had enjoyed prior to Julian's reign.

At the war's conclusion, Mavia's daughter, Princess Chasidat, is married to a devout Nicene commander in Rome's army, Victor, to cement the alliance.

As part of the truce agreement, Mavia sends her forces to Thrace to help the Roman fight the Goths.