Ancient Berber cities

ancient city in modern Libya

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thumb|250px|right|The port of Cherchell thumb|250px|right|Cherchell bay with Mont Chenoua in the background thumb|250px|right|Road to the neighborhood of Tizirine thumb|250px|right|Archaeological Museum of Cherchell. Cherchell () is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.

archaeological site in Tunisia

place in Béjaïa, Algeria

Cirta, also known by various other names in antiquity, was the ancient Berber and Roman settlement which later became Constantine, Algeria.

Maktar or Makthar (), also known by other names during antiquity, is a town and archaeological site in Siliana Governorate, Tunisia.

Tipasa, sometimes distinguished as Tipasa in Mauretania, was a colonia in the Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis, nowadays called Tipaza, and located in coastal central Algeria. Since 1982, it has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It was declared a World Heritage Site in danger in 2002, but was removed from the danger list in 2006 following conservation efforts.

Lambaesis (Lambæsis), Lambaisis or Lambaesa (Lambèse in colonial French), is a Roman archaeological site in Algeria, southeast of Batna and west of Timgad, located next to the modern village of Tazoult. The former bishopric is also a Latin Catholic titular bishopric.

human settlement

commune and town in Bouïra Province, Algeria

Boumedfaa (بومدفع ) a town in northern Algeria.

Boghar is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria.

Tunisian town

Téboursouk ( '''') is a town and commune in the Béja Governorate, Tunisia. It is located at 36° 27′ 26″N, 009° 14′ 54″E.

municipality of Algeria

Thagaste (or Tagaste) was a Roman-Berber city in present-day Algeria, now called Souk Ahras. The town was the birthplace of Saint Augustine.

Tunisian town

thumb|Roman military camp of Tamuda. Tamuda was an ancient Berber city and military camp in Mauretania Tingitana. It is located 6 km (4 miles) west of the present-day Tetouan in northern Morocco. Stone ruins from the site are found by the south bank of the Martil Valley. It was considered a city in accordance with the rules of urbanization of the time.

thumb|right|Zeramdine's city hall.Zéramdine is a Tunisian city located in the Sahel, Tunisia region about twenty kilometers southwest of Monastir.

ancient city and former bishopric in the Roman province of Numidia, now a Latin Catholic titular see

Tunisian town

Salakta is a small Tunisian village situated by the sea.

right|thumb|500px|Cirta on the map of Roman Numidia, Atlas Antiquus, H. Kiepert, 1869Thibilis (a.k.a. Tibilis) was a Roman and Byzantine era town in what was Numidia but is today northeast Algeria. The site has extensive Roman and Byzantine ruins.

400px|thumb|right|Map showing Tubunae in the Fossatum Africae, south of [[Sitifis]] Tobna (), also known by the ancient names of Tubunae or Thubunae, is a ruined former city in Batna Province of Algeria, located just south of the modern city of Barika. From this position, it once controlled the eastern part of the Hodna region, while M'Sila did the west. It flourished from the time of the Roman Empire through the Islamic Middle Ages until it was sacked and destroyed by the Banu Hilal in the 11th century, after which it was finally abandoned.

Diocese

Madauros (Madaurus, Madaura) was a Roman-Berber city and a former diocese of the Catholic Church in the old state of Numidia, in present-day Algeria. It had one of the oldest universities, The University of Madaurus is often considered one of the earliest, if not the oldest, centers of higher learning in North Africa and the first in Africa, dating back to the Roman era (around 75 BC to 2nd century AD).

thumb|right|Mauretania Caesariensis in 125 AD

ancient Roman-Amazigh city in Algeria

thumb|right|Takrounathumb|right|Takrouna 3.Takrouna (Berber: ⵜⴰⴽⵔⵓⵏⴰ ; Arabic: تكرونة) also spelled as Ta Kurunna, is a small village in the Sahel region of Tunisia. It stands on a hill at approximately 200 metres above sea level, overlooking the Gulf of Hammamet, Hergla and Sousse to the east, Djebel Zaghouan to the north, and the Kairouan plain to the south.

Zuccabar (or Zucchabar) was an ancient town in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It is located in present-day Miliana, Algeria.

Tunisian town

Althiburos (, ʿ or , ʼ) was an ancient Berber, Carthaginian, and Roman settlement in what is now the Dahmani Delegation of the Kef Governorate of Tunisia. During the reign of emperor Hadrian, it became a municipality with Italian rights. It was the seat of a Christian bishop from the 4th to 7th centuries. The settlement was destroyed during the Muslim invasions and the area's population center moved to Ebba Ksour on the plain. This left Althiburos's ruins largely intact; they were rediscovered by travelers in the 18th century.

ancient North African town. Titular Catholic See.

Altava was an ancient Romano-Berber city in present-day Algeria. It served as the capital of the ancient Berber Kingdom of Altava. During the French presence, the town was called Lamoriciere. It was situated in the modern Ouled Mimoun near Tlemcen.

thumb|right|400px|The Arch of Marcus Aurelius (Tripoli)|Arch of Marcus Aurelius in Oea Oea (; ) was an ancient city in present-day Tripoli, Libya. It was founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC and later became a Roman–Berber colony. As part of the Roman Africa Nova province, Oea and surrounding Tripolitania were prosperous. It reached its height in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, when the city experienced a golden age under the Severan dynasty in nearby Leptis Magna. The city was conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate with the spread of Islam in the 7th century and came to be known

Thuburnica was an ancient Roman-Berber city in the Maghreb. It was located in the present-day El Kalâa, near Chemtou in western Tunisia. It may have been the ancient town of Bulla Regia.

Saldae was an important port city in the ancient Roman Empire, located at today's Béjaïa (in Kabylia, eastern Algeria). It was generally a crossroads between eastern and western segments of Northern Africa, from the time of Carthage to the end of the Byzantine Empire from the continent.

Oasis at Tunisia

Roman era town in Numidia, Roman province of Africa; bishopric

Theveste was a Roman colony situated in what is now Tébessa, Algeria.

Zaraï was a Berber, Carthaginian, and Roman town at the site of present-day Aïn Oulmene, Algeria. Under the Romans, it formed part of the province of Numidia.

thumb|Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD). Tabaicara was a Roman-Berber civitas and bishopric in Mauretania Caesariensis. It is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

thumb|right|Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD) Flenucleta was an ancient Berber, Roman and Byzantine civitas located in the Mediterranean hinterland of what was then the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It was situated in present-day northern Algeria. The exact location of the city is unknown.

Iubaltiana was a Roman–Berber civitas (town) in the province of Africa Proconsularis and in late antiquity in Byzacena. The town has been tentatively identified with ruins near Kairouan in today's Tunisia.

thumb|A coin of Cartenna Cartennae or Cartenna was an ancient Carthaginian and Roman port at present-day Ténès, Algeria. Under the Romans, it was part of the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.

ancient Roman town

titular diocese in Algeria

Rapidum was a Roman settlement and fort located in Mauretania Caesariensis, nearly 100 km south of Icosium (Algiers).

thumb|right|400px|Mesarfelta was located on the "Limes romanus" called Fossatum Africae Mesarfelta was a Roman–Berber town in the province of Numidia. It was also a bishopric that is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.

Siga was a Berber, Phoenician and Roman port located near what is now Aïn Témouchent, Algeria. Under the Roman Empire, it was part of western Mauretania Caesariensis, bordering Mauretania Tingitana.

Botriana is a locality and archaeological site in Tunisia

village in Tunisia

Bishopric

Roman fort

Mascula was an ancient Roman colonia in Numidia. It is called Khenchela in modern Algeria.

thumb|right|Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD) Arsennaria was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis in North Africa, and an ancient episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church.

thumb|right|Africa (Roman province)|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) The Diocese of Carcabia is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

Gemellae was a Roman fort and associated camp on the fringe of the Sahara Desert in what is today part of Algeria. It is now an archaeological site, 25 km south and 19 km west of Biskra, and 5 km southwest of the present-day village of M'Lili with which it probably shares an original Berber name. It was connected by military Roman road to Castellum Dimmidi and Capsa.