Madauros
Sign in to saveMadauros (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).
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Madauros
- Ancient site.image
- File:Madaure, 2, 1975.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Ruins of Madauros
- Ancient site.map_type
- Algeria
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250
- Ancient site.location
- Algeria
- Ancient site.region
- Souk Ahras Province
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Roman city
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Algeria
- Image
- Madaure, 2, 1975.jpg
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- Madaure
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Encyclopedic overview
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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).
==History==
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