Tiddis

Tiddis or Castellum Tiditanorum: Numidian hillfort, Roman town, Byzantine bishopric.

Roman houses in Tiddis

Hillfort on the east bank of the river Ampsaga (modern Rhumel); oldest remains date back to the Neolithic
In Numidian times, there were many hillforts in the area of what is now Cirta (modern Constantine); today, Tiddis (just under thirty kilometers northwest of Constantine) is the most accessible of these (hence: castellum). From this age are a Punic wall; a bazina; finds from the sixth century BCE
Castellum Tiditanorum becomes a Roman town in the age of the emperor Augustus
Forum with arch, bathhouses, aqueduct reservoir, sanctuaries (o/a Cereres, Vesta, Mithras)
Most famous in habitant: Quintus Lollius Urbicus, one of the Roman commanders in the war against Bar Kochba (132-136), governor of Britain, and perhaps the praefectus urbi who died in 160
Bishopric: chapel with tombs (martyrium?), two baptisteries
c.430-533/534: Vandal domination of the region
533/534: Byzantine rule; fortifications.
Seventh century: Arab conquest.

Tiddis, Bazina	Tiddis, Tomb of Lollius Urbicus	Tiddis, Byzantine tower	Tiddis, Punic wall
Tiddis, Castellum	Tiddis, North gate	Tiddis, Small baths	Tiddis, Temple of the Cereres
Tiddis, Temple of Vesta	Tiddis, Sphinx	Tiddis, Sherd with the execution of a Christian	Tiddis, Statuette of a young man