Tiddis
Tiddis , also Castellum Tidditanorum (Latin " Tidditan Castle "), was an ancient Roman city in the North African province of Numidia in present-day Algeria. It is located on a hill above the Rhumel River , about 15 kilometers northwest of Cirta (now Constantine ), a Roman colony to whose territory Tiddis belonged.
The place has been partially archaeologically researched and excavated. Finds, especially from the necropolis, show that Tiddis was originally a local settlement that was shaped by the Romans over time. The excavated structures include a thermal bath and a temple of Saturnus .
The Roman senator and military leader Quintus Lollius Urbicus came from Tiddis . As the preserved base shows, his statue stood on the forum ; his family's mausoleum was north of the city.
In late antiquity (from the 5th century at the latest) Tiddis was the seat of a bishop (the remains of two Christian basilicas were discovered). As Tiddi , it is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.
literature
- Paul-Albert Février: Castellum Tidditanorum (Tiddis). Algeria . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- Colin Wells: The Roman Empire . dtv, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-423-04405-5 , pp. 254-256.
Remarks
Coordinates: 36 ° 28 ' N , 6 ° 29' E