Turris Tamallenitown was founded beforeCarthage, when the Nybgenii Tribe established a fortified granary and a fortified residence for the tribal head.[7] It was renamed in the 1st century C. Civitas Nybgenorium, and remained the center of the Nybgenii Tribe[8] and the nameTurres being probably the indigenous name.[9] It was originally a fort on theRoman Limes,[10] and linked byRoman Road underDomitian.[11] Later it became amunicipium underHadrian(about 105AD) taking the name Turris Tamalleni.[12] It is mentioned in theAntonine Itinerary on the road on the borders ofTripoli andLeptis Magna.[13] During the latter Roman era it was aBishop's seat and a center of resistance of theAlmoravids. The city was taken and destroyed by theAlmohads in 1205AD.[14]AnArab town called Torrah or telmin was built from the rubble of the Roman town and is identified as runs at ruins of Oum-Es-Samâa.Today, nothing remains of the ancient city. All that remains of the ancient town is two largeirrigation basins separated by a wall, which were restored in 1780 by theBey of Tunis, they form a lake of onehectare.[15]
Gaudenzio assisted the Carthaginian council called by Grato in 349.
At the Carthage conference of 411, which saw the Catholic and Donatist bishops of Roman Africa gathered together, the Catholic Sabratius and theDonatist Jurata represented the city.
Habetdeum intervened at the synod gathered in Carthage byHuneric theVandal king in 484, after which Habetdeum wasexiled.
Pentasio attended the antimonotelite council of 641.
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^Impact of Empire (Organization). Workshop, Frontiers in the Roman World: Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Durham, 16–19 April 2009) (BRILL, 2011)p107.
