Altiburo
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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.
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- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Tunisia
- Located in
- Kef Governorate
- Image
- Dahmeni - Elkef 18.jpg
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- Althiburos
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- Pauly–Wissowa
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10 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Archaeology
- Theater
- Early foundation
- Bishopric
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- References
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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.
==Location== The ruins of Althiburos are located near Fej El Tamar on the Ouartane Plateau about southwest of the town of Medeina. In antiquity, it was part of the border of Numidia at the confluence of the Oum-el-Abid and the Medeine Rivers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Altiburo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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