Castra Lambaesis
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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.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Lambaesis
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Lambaesa (Lambese)
- Ancient site.image
- The Praetorium of Lambaesis – Headquarters of the Legio III Augusta in Roman Numidia 1.jpg
- Ancient site.map_type
- Algeria
- Ancient site.location
- Tazoult, Batna Province, Algeria
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman Empire
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Ecclesiastical history
- Titular see
- Remains
- See also
- Notes
- References
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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.
== History == Lambaesa was founded by the Roman military. The camp of the third legion (Legio III Augusta), to which it owes its origin, appears to have been established between AD 123–129, in the time of Roman emperor Hadrian, whose address to his soldiers was found inscribed on a pillar in a second camp to the west of the great camp still extant. However, other evidence suggests it was formed during the Punic Wars.
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