Tigisis in Numidia

Coordinates: 36°06′38″N 06°56′48″E / 36.11056°N 6.94667°E / 36.11056; 6.94667
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Tigisis
Oum el Bouaghi Province, Algeria
Coordinates36°06′38″N 06°56′48″E / 36.11056°N 6.94667°E / 36.11056; 6.94667
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsRoman Empire
Site notes
ConditionIn ruins

Tigisis, also known as Tigisis in Numidia to distinguish it from

Lambese and Thamagada.[1]

History

Under the

The account in

could be the earliest reference to its national identity.

The emperor

Justinian had Tigisis fortified with a wall and fourteen towers. Known as Tījis during the Islamic Middle Ages, the city was captured by a Kutama Berber force led by Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i in the winter of 907–908, during the latter's campaign against the Aghlabid emir in Kairouan. Proceeding eastward along the northern of the two main Roman roads to Kairouan, Abu Abdallah's army laid siege to Tijis and eventually got the 500-strong Aghlabid garrison to surrender in exchange for safe passage.[4]

Tijis was later involved in the founding of the

Diocese

The town of Tigisis was the seat of a bishopric during the Roman, Vandal, and Byzantine eras.

appears to have reached its height in Tigisis during February 304.

Although the diocese ceased to function in the early 7th century, a

Roman Catholic Church
in 1933.

Bishops

Ancient diocese

Titular diocese

References

Citations

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