Timici was aPhoenician,Numidian, andRoman town located in present-dayAin Matboul,Algeria[1] (betweenSidi M'hamed Ben Ali andTaougrit).
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| Location | Aïn Metboul,Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali |
| Height | 500 |
| Built | 4th century BC |
| Demolished | 6th century |
| Restored | 1st century[clarification needed] |
| Architectural styles | Punic andRoman |
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Timici is aLatinization of the town'sPunic name𐤕𐤌𐤊𐤉 (TMKY).[1][2]
Timici means fire inTamazight.[citation needed]
Timici minted its ownbronze coins withPunic legends.[2]
Under theRomans, Timici was anative town (civitas) in theprovince ofMauretania Caesariensis.[3]
The town was previously identified with the ruins atAïn Témouchent,[4] which were actually the remnants of RomanAlbulae.
Timici was theseat of aChristianbishop inantiquity. Three of them appear in the surviving historical record. The title fell into abeyance during theIslamic conquest of the Maghreb but was revived as aRoman Catholictitular see (Latin:Dioecesis Timicitana) in the 20th century.[5][6]
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