Roman North Africa

Elephantaria in Mauretania was an ancient city in the Maghreb during the Roman, Byzantine and Vandal empires.[1][2] It is shown on the Peutinger Table map.[3]

Today, the city exists only as unexcavated ruins at Henchir, a suburb of Algiers, and a titular see in the Mauretania Caesariensis province of the Roman Catholic Church. Until 2020 the title was held by Angelo Moreschi, of Ethiopia.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Bettoni, Africa Christiana: in tres partes tributa (ex officina Bettoniana, 1816) page 154.
  2. ↑ August Pauly, Real-encyclopedia of the class. Alterthumswissenschaften in alphabetical order, Volume 3 (Metzler, 1844) page 78.
  3. ↑ Michael Greenhalgh, The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa, 1830–1900 (BRILL, 8 May 2014) page 118.
  4. ↑ Titular Episcopal See of Elephantaria in Mauretania.
  5. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013.

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