Agbia
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Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE)·Numidian / Roman·🇹🇳 Béja Governorate, Dougga–Téboursouk, Tunisia
About
About Agbia
Municipium Agbia on the Bagradas ridge, controlling the Dougga plain. Triple-bay arch, capitol temple podium and 5th-c. basilica with baptismal font. Inscriptions attest to pagus and civitas fusion under Augustus.
Why it mattersModel pagus-civitas merger illustrating early imperial municipalization.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Arch's dedicatory inscription fragment
- 02Baptistery's Donatist vs Catholic affiliation
Theories
- 01Agbia supplied Dougga grain market
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Pagus Augusti; municipium under Hadrian
- Period
- Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE)
- Culture
- Numidian / Roman
- Purpose
- Grain market town on Carthage–Theveste road
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
3rd c. BCE
Numidian ridge oppidum
27 BCE
Pagus of Carthage established
c. 120 CE
Hadrianic municipium
5th c. CE
Basilica with baptistery built
On the ground
Structures & features
36.3931° N · 9.2283° E · 420 m · 2 mapped features
Triple Arch of Agbia
arch3-bay honorific arch 10 m wide on ridge road
36.3940° N · 9.2290° ECapitol of Agbia
templePodium temple 20×12 m with Corinthian fragments
36.3925° N · 9.2280° E
Gallery