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Hippo Regius

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

There are 17 items in Hippo Regius - hippR:

Hippo Regius, Opus Africanum	Hippo Regius, Seaward Villas, Mosaic of the Northern Harbor of Hippo	Hippo Regius, Inscription of Suetonius (whose name is now missing)	Hippo Regius, Numidian stele
Hippo Regius, Vandal fibula	Hippo Regius, Baptistery	Hippo Regius, Forum, General view	Hippo Regius, Forum, Vespasian
Hippo Regius, Forum, Germanicus	Hippo Regius, Forum, Lucius Caesar	Hippo Regius, Forum, Hadrian	Hippo Regius, Forum, Trophee