Althiburos
Althiburus , also Althiburos , was an ancient city in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis on the road from Carthage to Theveste . It was 35 kilometers (as the crow flies) south-southeast of El Kef , in the Kef Governorate , at the confluence of two streams, north of today's Dawwar Awlad Gama .
The place name is derived from the Punic language . Strong Punic population elements are also evidenced by inscriptions.
In Roman times, the city was raised to a municipality under Emperor Hadrian .
There are remains of architectural monuments such as the forum , a theater and houses with mosaics in the urban area . Numerous inscriptions in Punic and Latin have also been found. During the planned investigation of the surrounding area, Neolithic finds were also made.
The titular bishopric Altiburus of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the late antique bishopric of the city .
The history of this Roman city is currently being worked on as a research focus of the Catalan University of Barcelona .
literature
- Alfred Merlin : Forum et maisons d'Althiburos. Paris 1913.
- Abdelmajid Ennabli: Althiburos (Ebba Ksour) Tunisia . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- Mongi Ennaïfer: La cité d'Althiburos et l'édifice des Asclépieia. Tunis 1976.
- Werner Huss : Althiburus. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 562.
- Karel Jongeling: Handbook of Neo-Punic Inscriptions. Tübingen 2008, p. 155 ff.
Web links
- Excavació d'Althiburos ( Memento of January 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Reports from the University of Barcelona
- photos
Coordinates: 35 ° 52 '24.4 " N , 8 ° 47' 12.7" E
