Ambia was an ancient

civitas In Ancient Rome, the Latin term (; plural ), according to Cicero in the time of the late Roman Republic, was the social body of the , or citizens, united by law (). It is the law that binds them together, giving them responsibilities () on th ...

in the

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, situated in present-day in Algeria. It is a modern

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of the

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. The colonia was located near the thermal baths of Hammam Bou Hani.

Auguste Audollent Auguste Audollent (14 July 1864 – 7 April 1943) was a French historian, archaeologist and Latin epigrapher, specialist of ancient Rome, in particular the magical inscriptions ('' tabellæ defixionum''). His main thesis was devoted to ''Roman Car ...

, v. Ambiensis, in ''Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques'', vol. XII, (Parigi 1953), coll. 1038-1039.

Bishopric

Ambia remains an ancient episcopal see of the

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

–

Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Mauretania Caesariensis Mauretania Caesariensis (Latin for "Caesarean Mauretania") was a Roman province located in what is now Algeria in the Maghreb. The full name refers to its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell). The province had been part of the Kingd ...

. One

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can be attributed to this office, Filece, who was among the

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prelates summoned to Carthage in 484 by the

Vandal The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century. The Vandals migrated to the area betw ...

king Huneric. Ambia survives today as a

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

; the current owner is Bishop John Migliorati, Apostolic Vicar of Awasa. Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. † (21 Mar 2009 Appointed - 12 May 2016 Died) Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. (29 Jun 2016 Appointed

References

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