Macri, or perhaps Macras, was a town and

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in the

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. It corresponds to the modern town of

Magra, Algeria Magra or Maggara (Maqra or Maqqara, Macri (ancient city), Macri in antiquity) is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in M'Sila Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 31,749. Municipal establishment and location ...

History

This town figures only in the '' Notitia Africæ'' and the ''

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''. It flourished for a long period, and Arabian authors often mention it in eulogistic terms. According to the 1910 ''

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'', it was situated on the Oued-Magra which still bears its name, near the Djebel Magra, in the plain of Bou Megueur, south-west of

Sétif Sétif ( ar, سطيف, ber, Sṭif) is the capital of the Sétif Province in Algeria. It is one of the most important cities of eastern Algeria and the country as a whole, since it is considered the trade capital of the country. It is an inner ci ...

(in Algeria). The 2013 ''

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'' places it at Henchir-Remada.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 920 In 411 Macri had a

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bishop, Maximus, who attended the Carthage Conference of 411. In 479, the

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king

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banished a great many

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from this town and from many other regions of the desert. In 484 Emeritus, Bishop of Macri, was one of the members present at the Carthage Assembly; like the others, he was banished by Huneric.

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