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Zaraï
Zaraï was a Berber, Carthaginian, and Roman town at the site of present-day Aïn Oulmene, Algeria. Under the Romans, it formed part of the province of Numidia. Name The Punic name for the town was (). Zarai is mentioned in the ''Antonine Itinerary'' and in the ''Tabula Peutingeriana''. Ptolemy calls it Zaratha and wrongly places it in Mauretania Caesariensis. It is probably the Apuleius's Zaratha. These two forms and the term "Zaraitani" found in an inscription seem to indicate that the name Zaraï which appears on another inscriptionCorp. Inscript. 2532. 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 Setif in Algeria, crowning an eminence which overlooks all the country on the left bank of the Oued Taourlatent, known to the medieval Arabs as Oued Zaraoua. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aïn Oulmene
Aïn Oulmene ( ar, عين اولمان; Berber languages, Berber:ⵢⵏⵓⵍⵎⴰⵏ), the classical antiquity, classical Zaraï, is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Sétif Province, Sétif Wilaya, Province in northEast, -eastern Algeria. Name The town derives its name from the Arabic "ain" ("source") and the Berber "Oulmane" ("weaver's son").Foudil Cheriguen, Toponymie algérienne des lieux habités (les noms composés), Alger, Épigraphe, 1993, p. 72, 76. The name could also mean "Fountain Elms" according to . "Oulmen" is the plural of "Oulmou," meaning "elm" in Berber languages, Berber, from the Latin "Ulmus". Geography The town is the capital of the Aïn Oulmene daïra, county. Located 30 kilometers southwest of Sétif, the Algerian ''Route Nationale'' 28 runs through Aïn Oulmene. At an altitude of 950 meters, Aïn Oulmene is situated between the high fertile plains south of Sétif and the Hodna Mountains to the west. The east of the town is generally flat terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
