Culusi was a Roman town of the Roman province of Africa Proconsolare, [1] located near Carthage. It is also known as Culcitana or Culsitana. [2] The city is tentatively identified with ruins in the suburbs of Tunisia. [3]
Culusi was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric, [4] [5] through the Roman Empire and into late antiquity, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage. Today Culusi survives as a titular bishopric [6] and the current bishop is Asztrik Várszegi, of Pannonhalma. [7]
Today Culusi survives as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and the current bishop is Asztrik Várszegi, of Pannonhalma.
Velefi was the name of an ancient town of Roman North Africa.
The Diocese of Sicca Veneria was an episcopal see of Africa Proconsularis, and was a suffragan of the bishops of Carthage. The cathedra of the bishopric was in the Roman colonia of Colonia Julia Veneria Cirta Nova Iulia. The bishopric was founded in early Christianity; it ceased to function sometime after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.
Octaba was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and Byzacena in late antiquity. Its exact location is now lost, but it was in the Sahel region of Tunisia.
The Diocese of Gisipa is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage.
Henchir-Khachoum is a locality and series of archaeological sites in Sidi Bouzid Governorate modern Tunisia. The ruins are strewn along a tributary of the Oued El Hatech river east of Sbeitla. During the Roman Empire there was a Roman town of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, called Muzuca, one of two North African towns to bare that name.
Mattiana was a Roman-Berber civitas in the province of Africa Proconsularis. The locale existed during late antiquity, and was situated in northern Tunisia.
Uzzipari was a Roman town of the Roman Empire during late antiquity. An exact location for the town has been lost to history although that it was in the Roman province of Africa Proconsolaris means it must have been in northern Tunisia.
The Diocese of Carcabia is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Diocese of Bennefa is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Bennefa, identifiable with Oglet-Khefifa in modern Tunisia, is an ancient civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena. and a seat of an ancient Christian episcopal see. The diocese was mentioned by Augustine of Hippo.
Tagarbala was a Roman–Berber civitas of the province of Byzacena during late antiquity. It was a Roman Catholic diocese.
Forontoniana was a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena during late antiquity. The town has tentatively been identified with the ruins at Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla in modern Tunisia.
Pederodiana, was a Roman town of the Roman province of Byzacena. Its exact location is unknown but it is tentatively identified with Oum-Federa or Fodra in modern Tunisia. During the Roman Empire the town was also the seat of an ancient episcopal see under Carthage.
Precausa was an ancient civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena in North Africa. Its exact location remains unknown but it was in the present Sahel region of Tunisia.
Reperi was an ancient Roman town of Roman North Africa, in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. The exact location of the ancient town is now unknown, but is surmised to have been in northern Algeria. The town seems to have lasted until the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.
Nasbinca was a Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. The location of Nasbinca is now lost to history but it was in today's Algeria. The town seems to have survived through late antiquity till at least the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.
The diocese of Vannida Latin: Dioecesis Vannidensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. It was centered on the ancient Roman town of Vannida, in what is today Algeria, is an ancient episcopal seat of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Masuccaba an ancient Roman town in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
The Diocese of Subbar is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Naratcata was the seat of an ancient episcopal see of the Roman province of Numidia. The location of the diocese seat and cathedra is not known but presumably was a place called Naratcatensis and was somewhere in today's Algeria.
Sicilibba was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of proconsular Africa. The ancient town is tentatively identifiable with the ruins at Alaouine in today's Tunisia.