Zaraï
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| Location | Algeria |
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| Region | Sétif Province |
| Coordinates | 35°48′03″N 5°40′39″E / 35.800833°N 5.6775°E |
Zaraï was a
Name
The Punic name for the town was SRʾʿ (𐤎𐤓𐤀𐤏).[1]
Zarai is mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary[2] and in the Tabula Peutingeriana. Ptolemy calls it Zaratha[3] and wrongly[clarification needed] places it in Mauretania Caesariensis. It is probably the Apuleius's Zaratha.[4] These two forms and the term "Zaraitani" found in an inscription[5] seem to indicate that the name Zaraï which appears on another inscription[6] must have lost a final letter.
Geography
The ruins of Zaraï are called "Henshir Zraïa" and are found inside the municipality of Ain Oulmene. They lie to the south-east of
History
Zarai was protected after emperor
The frontier post stood at Zarai, the limit in this direction of the area for which the Third Augustan Legion was responsible. Zarai became a Roman town, of which considerable remains have survived. About 213 A.D. it ceased to be garrisoned, probably because the land round about had become peaceful, though it was still exposed to occasional raids from the desert. The district between Lambaesis and Zarai has preserved many traces of communities founded by veteran soldiers, who turned to agriculture after their service was over.... From Zarai two great routes ran into Mauretania, one proceeding in a north-westerly direction, and passing through the important city of Sitifis, the other taking a southerly line. Both roads met at Auzia (Aumale in Algeria). They ran through districts which were to a large extent occupied by estates of the emperors. -- James Reid
The Byzantines fortified the city as the western border town of their possessions in Africa. The small city of Zarai disappeared.
Ruins
Remains of a Byzantine citadel and of two Christian basilicas are still visible.[8]
Religion
Zarai was the
List of bishops
- Cresconius, present at the Donatist Rogatus;[7]
- conference in Carthage in February 484and then exiled.
- Edmond Alfred Dardel (23 Aug 1889 Appointed – 21 Mar 1890)
- Esteban Sánchez de las Heras (15 Jan 1895 Appointed – 21 Jun 1896)
- Jerome-Josse Van Aertselaer (7 May 1898 Appointed – 12 Jan 1924)
- Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza (23 Apr 1924 Appointed – 14 Dec 1925)
- Enrique María Dubuc Moreno (10 May 1926 Appointed – 26 Sep 1926)
- Jan Stavel (29 Apr 1927 Appointed – 6 Nov 1938)
- Vince Kovács (20 Jul 1940 Appointed – 15 Mar 1974)
- Benito Cocchi (12 Dec 1974 Appointed – 22 May 1982)
- José Sebastián Laboa Gallego (18 Dec 1982 Appointed – 24 Oct 2002)
- Assis Lopes (22 Jan 2003 Appointed – )
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Zarai". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.- Head, Barclay; et al. (1911), "Numidia", Historia Numorum (2nd ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 884–887.
- Reid, James. The Municipalities of the Roman Empire. University of London. London, 1913 (reprint. ISBN 9781107683082)
- P. Trousset (2002). Les limites sud de la réoccupation Byzantine. Antiquité Tardive v. 10, p. 143–150.
- Mauretania Caesariensis
- Caesarea
- Mesarfelta
- Thamugadi
- Lambaesis
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