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Maghrawa (Tunisia)
Maghrawa, Magraoua (مغراوة) or Aïn Maghrawa (عين مغراوة) is an archeological site in Tunisia, located in the Maktar region. The ancient city of Macota was located on this site. Ahmed M'Charek has demonstrated that this was the origin of a series of stelae that have been mistakenly referred to as the La Ghorfa stelae (Roman-era stelae—1st and 2nd centuries AD—which bear witness to a Punic substratum). The ''Atlas archéologique de la Tunisie'' wrote as follows: 125. Magraoua. Agglomération importante. Monuments mégalithiques; inscriptions libyques et latines (Denis, Bull. arch. du Comité, 1893, p. 138 et suiv.; C. 1. L., VIII, p. 89 et 1229). See also * Mididi References Bibliography Ahmed M'Charek, « Maghrawa, lieu de provenance des stèles punico-numides dites de la Ghorfa », ''Mélanges de l'École française de Rome'', vol. 100, n°2, 1988, pp. 731-760Ahmed M'Charek, « Maghrawa, antique Macota (Tunisie) », ''Antiquités africaines'', vol. 33, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maktar
Maktar or Makthar (), also known by other names during antiquity, is a town and archaeological site in Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. Maktar was founded by the Berber Numidians as a defense post against Carthaginian expansion. At the end of the Third Punic War, it was settled by many Punic refugees after the Romans' destruction of Carthage in 146BC. Under Roman rule, it obtained the status of a free city under Julius Caesar in 46BC and became a Roman colony in AD146. It formed part of the province of Byzacena and was the seat of a Christian bishop. Under the Romans and Byzantines, it reversed its earlier role to serve as a defense post against local Berber attacks. The town survived the Muslim invasions but was destroyed by the Banu Hilal tribe in the 11thcentury before being reëstablished. The present town had a population of 13,576 in 2014. Name The Carthaginians recorded the town's name variously as (), (), and (). The Romans latinized the name as Mactaris, which beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mididi
Mididi (, , or , ) was a Carthaginian Empire, Carthaginian and Roman Empire, Roman settlement during classical antiquity, antiquity, located at what is now Henchir-Medded, Tunisia. 14 neo-punic inscriptions, known as the Maktar and Mididi inscriptions, Mididi inscriptions, were found in Mididi by René Basset. History Mididi was part of the Roman province of Byzacena. Diocese There are two bishops attributable to Mididi. The Catholic bishop Serenian attended the Council of Carthage (411), 411 Council of Carthage between the Catholic and Donatist bishops of Roman North Africa. On that occasion, the cathedra, seat had no Donatist bishops. Eubodio took part in the Council of Carthage (484), 484 Synod of Carthage convened by the Arianism, Arian king Huneric, after which Eubodio was exiled.Stefano Antonio Morcelli''Africa christiana'', Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 227 Fulgentius of Ruspe also founded a monastery near Mididi at the beginning of the 6th century. Today Mididi surviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
