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Gunugus
Gunugus or Gunugu (, ) was a Berber and Carthaginian town in northwest Africa in antiquity. It passed into Roman control during the Punic Wars and was the site of a colony of veteran soldiers. It survived the Vandals and Byzantines but was destroyed during the Muslim invasion of the area.
Aquae in Byzacena
titular see in Tunisia
Milevum
Milevum (in Latin even "Milev" or "Mireon"; Μιραίον in Ancient Greek) was a Roman–Berber city in the Roman province of Numidia. It was located in present-day Mila in eastern Algeria.
Bennefa
thumb|right|Africa (Roman province)|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) The Diocese of Bennefa () is a home suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church. Bennefa, identifiable with Oglet-Khefifa in modern Tunisia, is an ancient civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena. and a seat of an ancient Christian episcopal see. The diocese was mentioned by Augustine of Hippo.
Eles
village in Tunisia
Portus Magnus, Algeria
archaeological site in Algeria
Rusubbicari
Rusubbicari was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony and Roman town. It has been tentatively identified with ruins at Zemmouri El Bahri, Algeria. The Roman town was in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Bacanaria
The diocese of Bacanaria () is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Rusaddir
Rusadir was an ancient Punic and Roman town at what is now Melilla, Spain, in northwest Africa. Under the Roman Empire, it was a colony in the province of Mauretania Tingitana.
Nova Barbara
Roman–Berber town in Numidia
Sidi Ameur
Tunisian town
Mozotcori
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis.The Diocese of Mozotcori (Latin: Dioecesis Mozotcoritana) is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Tubernuca
titular see in Tunisia
Octaba
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Octaba was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and Byzacena in late antiquity. Its exact location is now lost, but it was in the Sahel region of Tunisia.
Dionysiana
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) The diocese of Dionysiana (in Latin: Dioecesis Dionysianensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Igilgili
Igilgili was a Berber town and a Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman colony in located in present-day Jijel, Algeria.
Castellum Ripae
titular see in Algeria
Iulia Campestris Babba
archaeological site
Usinaza
thumb|right|Mauretania Caesariensis The Diocese of Usinaza () is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Tigimma
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Tigimma was during the Roman Empire a civitas of Africa Proconsularis. The town has been tentatively identified with ruins near Djemâa.
Scebatiana
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)Scebatiana was an ancient civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena during the Roman Empire and late antiquity. The exact location of the town is unknown, but is thought to be somewhere in southern Tunisia.
Limisa
thumb|right|Ksar Lemsa Limisa (today Aïn-Lemsa) is a town and archaeological site in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. It is located 50 kilometers west of kairouan. The town was a Roman Catholic diocese.
Vagada
Zella
titular see in Tunisia
Migirpa
thumb|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Migirpa was an ancient Roman-Berber civitas in the province of Africa Proconsularis. It flourished from 30 BCE to 640 CE. The town is identified as stone ruins near Carthage, Tunisia.
Muteci
thumb|right|Roman Empire - [[Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD).]] Muteci (in Latin: Mutecitana) was a Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. Its exact location is not known, but is estimated to have been near Aïn-El-Anab in modern Algeria, North Africa.
Utimmira
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Utimmira was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. The town was somewhere near Carthage in today's Tunisia, but the exact location has been lost to history.
L'Hillil
'''L'Hillil''' (يلل) is a locality in Algeria, North Africa. L'Hillil is located at 35° 43' 19" North, 0° 21' 13" East. in Relizane Province, Algeria. Relizane Township, is 31.2 km away.
Henchir-Mâtria
thumb|Numluli Henchir-Mâtria is an archaeological and prehistoric site in northern Tunisia. Henchir-Mâtria is at , between Béja and Dougga and elevation of 407 metres (1,335 feet). It is on the Oued el Beida River.
Pheradi Majius
archaeological site in Tunisia
Lari Castellum
Taborenta
Taborenta, Mauretania Caesariensis was a Berber civitas (town) and bishopric in Roman North Africa. It disappeared during the 7th century, and is assumed to be near Saida in modern Algeria. It was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular see.
Nigizubi
Nigizubi was a Roman–Berber town in the province of Numidia. It was located in modern Algeria. It was also the seat of an ancient bishopric. during the Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire. The exact location of the ancient town is now lost but it was somewhere in north-eastern Algeria.
Vannida
The diocese of Vannida ) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. It was centered on the ancient Roman town of Vannida, in what is today Algeria, is an ancient episcopal seat of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Abbir Germaniciana
thumb|right|Africa proconsularis. Abbir Germaniciana also known as Abir Cella is the name of a Roman and Byzantine-era city in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis in North Africa. The city was also the seat of a Christian bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of Carthage. It is best known for Cyprian of Carthage, its bishop around 250 CE.
Sassura
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) The Diocese of Sassura () is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Town of Sassura, identifiable with Henchir-Ez-Zaouadi in today's Tunisia, is the ancient episcopal seat of the diocese which was in the Roman province of Byzacena.
Thucca in Numidia
titular see
Vageata
Vageata, also known as Vageatensis, was a Roman-Berber town in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It is also known as Bagatensis, and epigraphical evidence remains attesting to this etymology, due to the interchange of 'v' for 'b' is a common phenomenon in Latin and Greek place names.
titular see of Turris in Mauretania
titular see
Precausa
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)Precausa () was an ancient civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena in North Africa. Its exact location remains unknown but it was in the present Sahel region of Tunisia.
Voli
thumb|right|Africa proconsularis SPQR Volitanus also known as Voli and Bolitana was a Roman era civitas (town) of Africa Proconsularis, a suffragan metropolis of Carthage in Roman North Africa.
Timidana
Timidana is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Mutugenna
thumb|right|Numidia Mutugenna or Muttegena was a colonia (town) of the Roman, Berber and Vandal empires, located in the Maghreb. The city is generally identified with the ruins at Ain-Tebla in modern Algeria. Mutugenna was also the locus of a bishopric and was an important site in the development of the Donatist schism.
Sufasar
thumb|right|Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD) Sufasar was a Roman town, one of many in Roman North Africa. Sufasar faded with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The site has been tentatively identified with ruins at Amourah in modern Algeria.
Autenti
thumb|right|Africa (Roman province)|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Autenti (Latin: Autentensis) was a Roman–Berber civitas and bishopric in Africa Proconsularis. It was a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
Gunela
thumb|Roman North Africa|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Gunela was an ancient Roman-Berber town and archaeological site in Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia. It was located at , within the modern suburbs of Tinja, Tunisia.
Turris in Proconsularis
titular see in Tunisia
Benepota
The diocese of Benepota () is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Vegesela in Byzacena
titular see in Tunisia
Munatiana
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis.Munatiana was an ancient Roman-Berber civitas located in the province of Byzacena in the present-day Sahel region of Tunisia. The former town was also the seat of an old Christian diocese, which remains a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.
Vassinassa
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)Vassinassa was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Byzacena. The exact location of the town is not known for certain, but it was in northern Tunisia.
Siccesi
The diocese of Siccesi () is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Septimunicia
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Septimunicia () is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The location is not certain, but assumed to be in Tunisia. Today Settimunicia survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Emilio Bataclan, of Cebu.
Manaccenser
The Diocese of Manaccenser () is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Vita
titular see in Algeria and Tunisia