Gunugus
Sign in to saveGunugus or Gunugu (, ) was a Berber and Carthaginian town in northwest Africa in antiquity. It passed into Roman control during the Punic Wars and was the site of a colony of veteran soldiers. It survived the Vandals and Byzantines but was destroyed during the Muslim invasion of the area.
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Vinony files it under Ancient Berber cities, Archaeological sites in Algeria and Catholic titular sees in Africa.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- 1933-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Bishopric
- Antiquities of Gunugu
- Roman era
- Medieval period
- Archaeological finds
- Necropolises
- Funerary practices
- Hydraulic works
- Port
- Trade and commerce
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
Gunugus or Gunugu (, ) was a Berber and Carthaginian town in northwest Africa in antiquity. It passed into Roman control during the Punic Wars and was the site of a colony of veteran soldiers. It survived the Vandals and Byzantines but was destroyed during the Muslim invasion of the area.
==Location== Gunugus has been tentativelybut not certainlyidentified with the ruins at Sidi Brahim de Gouraya on the Mediterranean coast near Gouraya, Algeria.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gunugus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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