 Ruins of Madauros | |
  Madauros Shown within Algeria | |
| Location | Algeria |
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| Region | Souk Ahras Province |
| Coordinates | 36°04′36″N7°49′12″E / 36.076667°N 7.82°E /36.076667; 7.82 |
Madauros (Madaurus,Madaura) was aRoman-Berber city and aformer diocese of theCatholic Church in the old state ofNumidia, in present-dayAlgeria.
The birth of the city dates back to the 5th century BC under the aegis of thePunics.[1]
Madauros was made aRoman colony at the end of the first century and was famous for its "schola". A colony of veterans was established there; it was calledColonia Flavia Augusta Veteranorum Madaurensium under emperorNerva.[2]
The city was fully Romanised in the fourth century, with a population of Christian Berbers who spoke mainlyAfrican Romance, according to Theodor Mommsen.[3]
Madauros was the see of a Christian diocese. There were three famous bishops of thisdiocese: Antigonus, who celebrated the 349Council of Carthage; Placentius, who celebrated the 407 Council of Carthage andConference of 411; and Pudentius, who was forced into exile alongside others present at theSynod of 484 because of theVandal kingHuneric.
The ruins of Madauros are close to the current city ofM'Daourouch (Arabic:مداوروش) in present-dayAlgeria. It is possible to see:
Apuleius, the author of the famous novelThe Golden Ass, which is the only ancient Latin novel to survive in its entirety,[4] was born in Madauros in the 120s.[5] Lucius, the (fictional) protagonist of the novel, is also from Madauros.[6]
Saint Augustine of Hippo studied in Madauros in the 4th century.[7]
Romano-Berber cities in Roman North Africa | ||
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