Thibilis
History
The numerous Latin inscriptions discovered on the site of Thibilis provided indications on the status and magistrates of this city: during the Early Empire, Thibilis was first a pagus dependent on the Cirtaian confederacy which united Cirta, Rusicade, Chullu and Milève.Jacques Gascou, « Pagus et castellum dans la Confédération Cirtéenne », Antiquités africaines, no 19, 1983, p183. Enjoying a certain autonomy, the city was administered by two magistri of annual mandate, assisted by one or two aediles.Jacques Gascou, « Pagus et castellum dans la Confédération Cirtéenne », Antiquités africaines, no 19, 1983, p.184.
During the reigns of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, notables of Thibilis gained the highest office of the Imperial administration, Quintus Antistius Adventus Aquilinus Postumus, consul suffect about 167, and his son Lucius Antistius Burrus,E. Groag, PIR², 1933, p. 142-143, n° 757 son-in-law of Marcus Aurelius And consul in 181.
Thibilis gained the rank of municipality headed by two duumviri between 260 the last known magister by an inscription and 268 268 was the first known duumvir which corresponds to the period estimated for the dissolution of the confederacy.
Local cults included flamen Augusti for imperial worship and Saturni (priest of Saturn) and a local deity, BacaxXavier Dupuis, « Constructions publiques et vie municipale en Afrique de 244 à 276 », Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité, t. 104, no 1, 1992, p.243.Paul-Albert Fevrier, « Religion et domination dans l'Afrique romaine », Dialogues d'histoire ancienne, Vol. 2, 1976. pp. 305-336 http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/dha_0755-7256_1976_num_2_1_2747. and Magna Mater deorum Idaea, the Great Mother of the Gods.[Stéphane Gsell, « Autel romain de Zana (Algérie) », Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 75e année, N. 3, 1931. pp. 265 & 167
file:Thibilispan05.JPG|Thibilis
File:Announa - Arc de triomphe - Mieusement.jpg|Arc de triumph Thibilis
File:Announa - Fouilles - Mieusement.jpg|Ruins at Thibilis
file:Announa - Petit temple - Mieusement.jpg|small temple
file:Sardinia, Tabula Peutingeriana.jpg|Thblis on Tabula Peutingeriana.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.manar-al-athar.ox.ac.uk/pages/collections_featured.php?parent=5972 Images of Thibilis] in Manar al-Athar digital heritage photo archive
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