Thagaste

Thagaste
Thagaste on the map of Numidia, just south of Hippo Regius.[1]
Thagaste is located in Algeria
Thagaste
Shown within Algeria
LocationAlgeria
RegionSouk Ahras Province
Coordinates36°17′11″N 7°57′4″E / 36.28639°N 7.95111°E / 36.28639; 7.95111

Thagaste (or Tagaste) was a Roman-Berber city in present-day Algeria, now called Souk Ahras.[2][3] The town was the birthplace of Saint Augustine.[4][5]

  1. ^ Kiepert, H (1869). Atlas Antiquus.
  2. ^ Braudel, Fernand (1995). A History of Civilizations. Penguin Books. p. 335. ISBN 9780140124897. A Berber, born in 354 at Thagaste (now Souk-Ahras) in Africa...
  3. ^ of Hippo, Augustine (1976). Yates, Jonathan P. (ed.). Augustinian Studies. Vol. 7–8. Philosophy Documentation Center. p. 134. ...he grew up in an area which was a center of Berber culture.
  4. ^ "Tagaste". Associazione Storico-Culturale S. Agostino (in Italian). Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  5. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thagaste" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.