Tubunae in Mauretania
400px|thumb|right|Map showing Tubunae in the Fossatum Africae, south of [[Sitifis]] Tobna (), also known by the ancient names of Tubunae or Thubunae, is a ruined former city in Batna Province of Algeria, located just south of the modern city of Barika. From this position, it once controlled the eastern part of the Hodna region, while M'Sila did the west. It flourished from the time of the Roman Empire through the Islamic Middle Ages until it was sacked and destroyed by the Banu Hilal in the 11th century, after which it was finally abandoned.
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- Ancient site.name
- Tobna
- Ancient site.native_name
- Ṭubna
- Ancient site.native_name_lang
- ar
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tubunae, Thubunae
- Ancient site.map_type
- Algeria
- Ancient site.altitude_m
- 457
- Ancient site.location
- Batna Province, Algeria
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
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- Tubunae in Mauretania
- Tubunae/Thubunae in Numidia
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400px|thumb|right|Map showing Tubunae in the Fossatum Africae, south of [[Sitifis]] Tobna (), also known by the ancient names of Tubunae or Thubunae, is a ruined former city in Batna Province of Algeria, located just south of the modern city of Barika. From this position, it once controlled the eastern part of the Hodna region, while M'Sila did the west. It flourished from the time of the Roman Empire through the Islamic Middle Ages until it was sacked and destroyed by the Banu Hilal in the 11th century, after which it was finally abandoned.
Poorly documented by archaeologists today, Tobna's ruins occupy an extensive area and include the remains of a Byzantine fortress as well as the traces of a wall covering a 950 m by 930 m area.
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