Tebourba

Coordinates: 36°50′N 9°50′E / 36.833°N 9.833°E / 36.833; 9.833
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Tebourba
UTC1 (CET
)

Tebourba (

Thuburbo Minus) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see
.

Thuburbo Minus

Historically Thuburbo Minus ("Little Thuburbo") was a

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.[1] Despite the name it is believed to have been founded by Caesar for veterans of the Eighth and Thirteenth legions sometime after 46BC.[2] The second century Roman jurist Sextus Caecilius Africanus (d.c. 175) is believed to have come from Thuburbo Minus.[3] Thuburbo Minus is mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary, 44, and the Tabula Peutingeriana
.

Situated on a hill, modern Tebourba occupied only a part of the ancient site, when it was rebuilt in the 15th century by the Andalusian

Thuburbo Maius
("Greater Thuburbo") is in ruins.

Raising sheep and the manufacture of woolen goods (vestis afra) seems to have been a significant part of the local economy.[5]

The

Monothelites.[6]

The remains of a basilica, the amphitheatre and some mosaics can still be seen.[1] The amphitheatre, which was dug partly into a hill, must have originally measured 36 x 48 m.[7]

Titular see

Thuburbo Minus is included in the

titular bishoprics
since the diocese was formally revived in the late 19th century.

It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank:[8]

World War II

Tebourba was the scene of The Battle of Tebourba Gap in the

Tunisia Campaign of World War II, lasting from November 29 until December 4, 1942. The battle involved the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Hampshire Regiment
of the British Army against the Axis Forces.

The Hampshires held the town for several days until it fell to the Germans on December 4.[9][10]

The battle is commemorated in the name of a road in

Southampton, England called "Tebourba Way." There is a small war memorial on the roadside at the junction with Oakley Road. Tebourba Drive in Alverstoke, Gosport is also named after the battle, as is the Tebourba House apartment block in nearby Fareham. A row of 8 council houses
on Outlands Lane in Curdridge, Hampshire are named Tebourba Way.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Thuburbo Minus". Archiqoo. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Shaw, Brent D. (1981). "The Elder Pliny's African Geography". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 30 (4): 424–471. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Caecilius Africanus, Sextus". Oxford Reference. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "A catalogue of North African amphitheatres". elibrary.net.
  5. ISBN 90-04-08307-3
    . Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  6. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thuburbo Minus" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  7. ^ Contencin, Alex. (1928). "L'Amphithéâtre de Thuburbo Minus". Le Bulletin de la Société Archéologique ds Sousse (in French) (19): 53. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  8. ^ Titular Episcopal See ofThuburbo minus.
  9. ISBN 9781429967631
    . Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  10. ^ "The Battle of Tebourba Gap 29th November – 4th December 1942". Royal Hampshire Regiment. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

Sources and external links

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thuburbo Minus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

36°50′N 9°50′E / 36.833°N 9.833°E / 36.833; 9.833

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tebourba&oldid=1216703437"