Tebourba
Sign in to saveTebourba ( '''') is a town in Tunisia, located about 20 miles (30 km) from the capital Tunis, former ancient city (Thuburbo Minus) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see.
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- Tebourba
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- 300px
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- Barrage Laaroussia of Tebourba
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- Tunisia
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- bottom
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- Location in Tunisia
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- Country
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- 25px Tunisia
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- Governorate
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- La Manouba Governorate
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- Imperial
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- 2022
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- 29948
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- 1
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Thuburbo Minus
- Titular see
- History
- Roman era
- The Middle Ages
- The modern and contemporary Testaments
- Notes
- Sources and external links
Tebourba ( '') is a town in Tunisia, located about 20 miles (30 km) from the capital Tunis, former ancient city (Thuburbo Minus) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see.
== Thuburbo Minus == Historically Thuburbo Minus ("Little Thuburbo") was a Roman settlement in Africa Proconsularis, located at present-day Tebourba, It was founded in the 1st century BC as a colony for veterans and was officially named Colonia VIII (Octavianorum) Thuburbi. Despite the name it is believed to have been founded by Caesar for veterans of the Eighth and Thirteenth legions sometime after 46BC. The second century Roman jurist Sextus Caecilius Africanus (d.) is believed to have come from Thuburbo Minus. Thuburbo Minus is mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary, 44, and the Tabula Peutingeriana''.