Hippo Regius

Hippo Regius

• 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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