Madauros
Madauros (also Madaura ) was a Numidian city in North Africa near today's M'Daourouch in the extreme northeast of Algeria in the province of Constantine . The name form Madauros is to be regarded as the authentic one, as it is attested in inscriptions and is suggested by the Arabic further development of the place name.
Madauros belonged to 203 BC. To the East Numid Empire, which was under the rule of King Syphax . This went up in the new Kingdom of Numidia under the rule of the West Numid king Massinissas , who had sided with Rome in the Second Punic War . In 46 BC Caesar annexed the Numidian Empire. At the end of the first century this was declared a Roman province.
The city was famous for its schools, which were very well regarded. The writer Apuleius was born in Madauros around 123. Apuleius wrote, among other things, the novel Metamorphoses .
The church doctor and philosopher Augustine studied for a few years in Madauros.
Today only ruins bear witness to the ancient city. For example, a Roman mausoleum , huge thermal baths, a Byzantine citadel and a Christian basilica can be visited.
literature
- Toulotte, Geographie de l'Afrique chrétienne: Numidy . Rennes 1894, pp. 201-206
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Remarks
- ↑ Jürgen Hammerstaedt: Apuleius: Life and Work . In: Jürgen Hammerstaedt u. a. (Ed.): Apuleius: De magia , Darmstadt 2002, p. 11 and note 10.
Coordinates: 36 ° 5 ' N , 7 ° 49' E