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Sufetula (see)
The Catholic diocese of Sufetula was an ancient bishopric in the city of Sufetula, on the site of modern Tunisian Sbeitla, in the Roman province of Byzacena. Background file:Tab Peut 03 ASC.jpg , Peutinger Table. Sufetula, also known as Speitla, Sbeitla and Archaeological site of Sbeitla, Sufetula, is an archaeological site in Tunisia with well preserved ruins from the Roman Empire. Roman era Sufetula was a civitas (town) and border post on the limes Africana in the Africa (Roman province), Roman province of Africa during the Roman Empire. The town was flourishing by 79Anno Domini, AD and lasted to 647, when the town was sacked by Arab–Berbers, Berber raiders. Ancient Bishopric Sufetula was also the Cathedra, seat of an ancient Christian bishopric. The bishopric was founded during the Roman Empire and survived through the Arianism, Arian Vandal Kingdom and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Byzantine Empire, only ceasing to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. Ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of Roman Africa Proconsularae
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
