Agbia

Agbia was an ancient city in North Africa in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis near Thugga in northern Tunisia .

In the Roman Empire, Agbia is documented as pagus and civitas for the 2nd century, and as a municipality around the year 300 . Agbia was on a road from Carthage to Theveste , which is documented by the Tabula Peutingeriana and milestones.

The titular diocese of Agbia of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to a late antique bishopric of the city .

There are ruins of a Roman city complex and a Byzantine fortress.

literature

• Johannes Schmidt : Agbia . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 766.
• Werner Huss : Agbia. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 244.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIL 8, 1548 .
2. ↑ CIL 8, 1550 .
3. ^ Via Numidica .

Coordinates: 36 ° 23 '35.2 "  N , 9 ° 13' 42.2"  E

Agbia​

Tunisia