Ruins at Oum al abouab.

Oum El Abouab also known as Seressi is a town in Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia that is located at 36° 10′ 00″ N, 9° 46′ 20″E. It is at an altitude of 2000m.

During the Roman Empire, Henchir-Oum-el-Abouab was known as Seressi and was a municipium[1] (city) of the Roman Province of Africa Proconsularis and flourished from 30BC to 640AD.[2] Ruins at Oum El Abouab include a forum,[3] unidentified public buildings,[4] a theater and an amphitheater.[5]

The town was the site of a World War II battle during the Tunisia Campaign.

References

  1. ↑ Seressi (Henchir Oum el-Abouab) at Trismegistos Geo.
  2. ↑ About: *Seressi, Henchir-Oum-el-Abouab\.
  3. ↑ Anna Leone, Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest (Edipuglia srl, 2007) p84.
  4. ↑ Anna Leone, Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest (Edipuglia srl, 2007) p90.
  5. ↑ David L. Bomgardner, The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre (Routledge, 2013).

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