Auzia

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Auzia was an ancient city in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis . The city is located near today's Sour El-Ghozlane (Aumale) in Algeria .

At the time of Marcus Aurelius the city was a Municipium , from the time of Septimius Severus Colonia .

The titular bishopric of Auzia goes back to the city , although no bishop is known.

literature

  • Hermann Dessau : Auzia . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2623 f.
  • Elizabeth Fentress: African building. Money, politics and crisis in Auzia. in: Anthony King, Martin Henig (Eds.): The Roman West in the Third Century. Oxford 1981, pp. 199-209.
  • Jean-Marie Lassere: La colonia Septimia Aurelia Auziensium. Histoire institutionnelle et onomastique. In Ktèma 6, 1981, pp. 317-331.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CIL 8, 9046 : Municipium Auziensium .
  2. ↑ CIL 8, 9062 : Colonia Septimia Aurelia Auziensium .

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