Feradi maius

Pheradi Majus

Pheradi Majius is a locality and archaeological site in Tunisia located at 36.250003°N 10.397047°E near the modern town of Sidi Khalifa in Sousse Governorate, Tunisia that is located at 36° 14′ 58″ N, 10° 23′ 57″E.

During the Roman Empire, Sidi Khelifa was known as Pheradi Majus and was a civitas (town) of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis and flourished within the empire 30BC to 640AD.[1]

Remains at Pheradi include temples, a bath-house, triumphal arch, an amphitheatre.[2] and capitol building.

The site is near Bouficha, Sousse Governorate.

  1. ^ About: Rusucmona?/Castra Delia, Ghar El Melh (Porto Farina)\.
  2. ^ Jean-Claude Lachaux: Théâtres et amphithéâtres d'Afrique Proconsulaire. Édisud, La Calade, Aix-en-Provence 1970.