Gunugus or Gunugu ( xpu, 𐤂𐤍𐤂𐤍 , ) was a

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and

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town in northwest Africa in

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. It passed into Roman control during the

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and was the site of a colony of veteran soldiers. It survived the Vandals and Byzantines but was destroyed during the

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of the area.

Location

Gunugus has been tentativelybut not certainlyidentified with the ruins at Sidi Brahim de Gouraya on the Mediterranean coast near Gouraya, Algeria.

History

Gunugus was a

and

town from around 550BC.''Barrington Atlas'', 2000, pl. 30 C3. It may have also been the site of a Greek colony at some point After the

, Gunugus was the site of a Roman colony established by Augustus. It was administered as part of the province of Caesarian Mauretania. The local

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made up a large part of the settlement as well. Gunugus existed through the Vandal Kingdom and the Byzantine reconquest of Africa. It was destroyed around AD640.

Bishopric

The town was also the

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of an ancient Roman Catholic bishopric. The only known bishop of this diocese is Ausilio, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, after which Ausilio was exiled. Today Gunugo Diocese survives as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and the current bishop is

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, of Cape Town.

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* . Archaeological sites in Algeria Catholic titular sees in Africa Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis Ancient Berber cities Phoenician colonies in Algeria {{Algiers-geo-stub