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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).

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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Instance of
Roman city
Country
France
Located in
Algeria
Image
Madaure, 2, 1975.jpg
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Commons category
Madaure
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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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