Theodorias(libya)
Theodorias (from el, Θεοδωριάς, link=no) can refer to: * Theodorias (province), Byzantine province in Syria, established in 528 and named after the Byzantine empress Theodora. * Olbia, Libya a town in Cyrenaica refounded by and named after the Byzantine empress Theodora. * Vaga, an ancient city in Tunisia now called Béja Béja ( ar, باجة ') is a city in Tunisia. It is the capital of the Béja Governorate. It is located from Tunis, between the Medjerdah River and the Mediterranean, against the foothills of the Khroumire, the town of Béja is situated on the ...

Olbia, Libya
Olbia or Theodorias ( grc-gre, Ὀλβία, Θεοδωριάς) was a Roman / Byzantine town between Marj and Bayda in the Cyrenaica region of modern Libya. Olbia is now mostly the archaeological site. The location's modern name is Qasr Libya, after the Islamic period castle (Qasr) on the site and Libya or Lebia as a corruption of the ancient name Olbia. History The ancient city of Olbia, after destruction by the Vandals and incursions by Laguatan (Lwatae) nomads, was refounded in 539 CE as ''polis nea'' ("new city") Theodorias by the Byzantine empress Theodora. All that remains of the town are two Byzantine churches. One is integrated into the Qasr, which now houses the Qasr Libya Museum. The other church was excavated by Richard Goodchild in the mid 1950s.Pliez, Olivier (ed.) (2009) "Qasr Libya (Olbia-Theodoria)" ''Le Petit Futé Libye'' Petit Futé, Parisp. 241 ; in French. Only the floor plan remains, but fifty beautiful mosaic panels depicting the known world and the r ...
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Theodorias (province)
Theodorias ( el, Θεοδωριάς) was a Byzantine province created in 528 by Emperor Justinian I and named in honour of his wife, the Empress Theodora. History It comprised a small coastal territory taken from the earlier provinces of Syria Prima and Syria Secunda. The new province remained part of the Diocese of the East. Its capital was Laodicea (in Syria; now Latakia), and it also included the cities of Paltus ( Arab al-Mulk), Balaneae and Gabala. Ecclesiastically, these cities retained their former allegiances to the metropolitan bishops of Syria Prima and Secunda: Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ... and Apamea in Syria. References Late Roman provinces Provinces of the Byzantine Empire Justinian I States and territories establis ...
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Vaga (Tunisia)
Vaga, Vecca and lately Theodorias is an ancient city in Tunisia built by the Berbers and ruled sequentially by the Carthaginians, the Numidians, the Romans, the Vandals and the Byzantines until it was captured by the Arabs who changed its name to the present day Béja. The town was the capital of the Numidian Kingdom during the rule of Jugurtha. The origins of the city and the Phoenician rule Little is known about the date of the foundation of Vaga, but it's sure that it was before the foundation of Carthage. The place of the current city was inhabited by Berber tribes, notably the Avrigha tribe, and when the Phoenicians started building trading posts through the country cities, Vaga was one of them. After that, Carthage, and to strengthen its presence in the region, fortified the city with fortress and put a garrison in it. Vaga through the First and Second Punic Wars The city played an important role in the First Punic War and that's because of its strong fortifications t ...
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