Bijga

Bijga, also known as Henchir-Bijga, is a place in Tunisia, North Africa, near the city of Tunis.

History

During the Roman Empire, the town was part of the province of Africa proconsularis and gained importance possibly from the second century AD onwards. It was first a colonia and then a municipium and had baths, an aqueduct and possibly a capitolium.{{cite book |last1=Hanson |first1=J. W. |title=An Urban Geography of the Roman World, 100 BC to AD 300 |date=7 November 2016 |publisher=Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78491-473-8 |page=266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ExmEAAAQBAJ |access-date=12 April 2024 |language=en}}

The town became also the seat of the ancient Christian bishopric of Bisca, which although ceasing to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church{{cite web |title=Titular See of Bisica, Tunisia 🇹🇳 |url=https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0316.htm |website=GCatholic |access-date=12 April 2024}} The ruins of the ancient town can still be seen.

References

Category:Roman towns and cities in Tunisia

Category:Former populated places in Tunisia