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1Numidia — This article is about the Roman province. For the Pennsylvanian city, see Numidia, Pennsylvania. Kingdom of Numidia ← …
2Numidia, Pennsylvania — Numidia   CDP   Location within Columbia county …
3Numidia — Numidian, adj., n. /nooh mid ee euh, nyooh /, n. an ancient country in N Africa, corresponding roughly to modern Algeria. * * * Ancient country, North Africa, approximately coextensive with modern Algeria. During the Second Punic War (see Punic… …
4Numidia — geographical name ancient country N Africa E of Mauretania in modern Algeria; chief city Hippo • Numidian adjective or noun …
5Numidia — Province in northwest Africa (q.v.), roughly the equivalent of modern Algeria, that included the city of Thamugadi (q.v.), modern Timgad. In the fourth century, the province became a bastion of Donatism (q.v.); in the fifth century the Vandals …
6Carthage — • Founded by Phoenician colonists, and long the great opponent of Rome in the duel for supremacy, was destroyed by a Roman army, 146 B.C. A little more than a century later (44 B.C.), a new city composed of Roman colonists was founded on the site …
7Calama (titular see) — Calama is a Catholic titular see of Africa, corresponding to modern Guelma, Algeria. History Calama appears to be the Roman name of Suthul, a city in Numidia, besieged by Postumius 110 BC [Sallust, Bel. Jugurth., xxxvii.] . It became a Roman… …
8Calama — • Titular see in Africa Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Calama Calama † Catholic E …
9Althiburos — ▪ Tunisia modern Abbah Quṣūr , also spelled Ebba Ksour ancient city of Numidia in North Africa, on the road constructed by the Roman emperor Hadrian in AD 123, between Carthage and Theveste (Tabassah) in what is now Tunisia. The town,… …
10North Africa — North African. the northern part of Africa, esp. the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez. * * * Introduction region of Africa comprising …
