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Drusiliana was a civitas (town) of Roman North Africa. Joseph Bingham called it a city of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. An inscription of Constantine the Great was found in the city ruins and it appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana The town has been tentatively identified with ruins near Khanguet-el-Kdim in northern Tunisia. Located at . Epigraphical evidence suggest Constantine the Great undertook some works in the city in 312AD.

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Drusiliana was a civitas (town) of Roman North Africa. Joseph Bingham called it a city of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. An inscription of Constantine the Great was found in the city ruins and it appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana The town has been tentatively identified with ruins near Khanguet-el-Kdim in northern Tunisia. Located at . Epigraphical evidence suggest Constantine the Great undertook some works in the city in 312AD.

The town was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric, suffragan to Archdiocese of Carthage. This Bishopric is only known for the presence of bishops at the Council of Carthage (411), which saw gathered together Catholic bishops and Donatists of Africa: the Catholic side was represented by Rufino, while the Donatist by Restitutus.

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