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Hippo Regius

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Hippo Regius: port in Numidia, best-known for its fifth-century bishop, Augustine, modern Annaba.

Phoenician colony on the site of a Numidian settlement, situated on a river called Ubus
Residence of the kings of Numidia (hence the surname Regius, "royal")
49-46 BCE: Sided with Caesar against Pompey and was rewarded (trophee on the Forum)
Given the rank of colonia
Birthplace of the Roman author Suetonius
Churches of the Donatists and the official Christians
Bishopric of Augustine
430 Besieged, relieved, and finally captured by the Vandals, who make it their capital in Africa, until they take Carthage
534 Captured by the Byzantines
698 Captured by the Arabs

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