Thignica

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Thignica's stone ruins are called Aïn Tounga, located southwest of Testour, Tunisia. They are very extensive and cover the summit and slopes of a series of hills. One inscription calls the town "Civitas Thignicensis" (the city of Thignica) and states that it was divided into three parts, another that it became a municipium at the beginning of the 3rd century under the name of "municipium Septimium Aurelium Antoninianum Herculeum Frugiferum Thignica". Towards the centre of the ruins is a Byzantine fortress, trapezoidal in shape, flanked by five square towers. Here an inscription makes mention of the proconsul Domitius Zenophilus (326-32), famous in the annals of Christian Africa. Among the other ruins are a small triumphal arch, a temple, a Christian church, the remains of the enclosure, etc.,{{CathEncy|wstitle=Thignica}} as well as an amphitheatre.

File:Ain tounga2.jpg|Byzantine fortress

file:Aiintounga 01.JPG|Aïn Tounga

File:Aiintounga 11.JPG |Roman thermae

file:Vue du grand temple de ain tounga.jpg|Roman-era temple

File:Édifice demi circulaire de ain tounga 2.jpg|Roman theater

file:Aïn Tounga MBh14.jpg|Street in Aïn Tounga

Despite the splendour and importance of this town we know only one bishop, Aufidius, who assisted at the Conference of Carthage (411), where he had a Donatist rival.

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• Ben Hassen, Habib (2006). Thignica (Aïn Tounga), son histoire et ses monuments. Ortacesus, {{ISBN|88-89061-24-3}}.
• Scheding, Paul (2019). Urbaner Ballungsraum im römischen Nordafrika. Zum Einfluss von mikroregionalen Wirtschafts- und Sozialstrukturen auf den Städtebau in der Africa Proconsularis [Urban agglomeration in Roman North Africa. On the influence of micro-regional economic and social structures on urban development in Africa Proconsularis]. Wiesbaden: Reichert, {{ISBN|978-3-95490-313-9}} (with Thignica as one of five case studies).

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Category:Catholic titular sees in Africa