Ala miliaria

Ala miliaria was an ancient site in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis in North Africa.

The name shows that an ala miliaria was camped here, i.e. a cavalry association of the Roman army that comprised a little more than 1000 units (men and horses). Emperor Septimius Severus had established this unit here to defend the border against the nomads coming from the south . Since the large number of soldiers and horses had to be taken care of, a veritable city emerged here.

In late antiquity , a Christian diocese is attested here, from which today's titular diocese Ala Miliaria is derived. Apparently Donatism was strongly represented there.

The place was in the area of today's Beniane ( Algeria ), where the tomb of Ala miliaria is also located.

literature

Auguste Audollent: Ala Miliaria . In: Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , Volume 1, Paris 1909, coll. 1332-1334 ( online ).
Johannes Schmidt : Ala miliaria . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Sp. 1281.

Web links

Ala miliaria in the Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire

Remarks

↑ See on ala miliaria Conrad Cichorius : Ala 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1224-1270, here Col. 1227.
↑ Auguste Audollent: Ala Miliaria . In: Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , Volume 1, Paris 1909, Sp. 1332-1334, here Sp. 1332 ( online ).
↑ Notitia Maur. Caes. No. 33 (a. 482).
^ W. Wischmeyer, J. Divjak: A Donatist martyr or victim of the turmoil of the vandal invasion. The tomb of Ala Miliaria (Benian, Algeria) , in: Mitteilungen zur Christian Aräologie 6/2000, pp. 48–56.

[1] See on ala miliaria Conrad Cichorius : Ala 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1224-1270, here Col. 1227.

[2] Auguste Audollent: Ala Miliaria . In: Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , Volume 1, Paris 1909, Sp. 1332-1334, here Sp. 1332 ( online ).

[3] Notitia Maur. Caes. No. 33 (a. 482).

[4] W. Wischmeyer, J. Divjak: A Donatist martyr or victim of the turmoil of the vandal invasion. The tomb of Ala Miliaria (Benian, Algeria) , in: Mitteilungen zur Christian Aräologie 6/2000, pp. 48–56.