Thagaste

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Thagaste was an ancient North African town in Roman Numidia, best known as the birthplace of the Christian theologian and philosopher St. Augustine.


Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman city
ancient town
settlement in Numidia
associatedWith Berber population
Latin Church worldwide
surface form: "Latin Church"
associatedWork Confessions (Augustine)
continent Africa
era Classical Antiquity
hasCitizenshipOf Roman Empire
hasEcclesiasticalStatus bishopric
hasReligion Christianity in Roman Africa
hasType municipium
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
Roman period
knownFor birthplace of Augustine of Hippo
languageUsed Latin
Punic (Carthaginian) people
surface form: "Punic"
locatedIn North Africa
Numidia
surface form: "Roman Numidia"
locatedInPresentDay Algeria
Souk Ahras NERFINISHED
modernName Souk Ahras NERFINISHED
nearbyRegion Hippo Regius
notablePersonBornHere Augustine of Hippo
Saint Monica of Hippo
surface form: "Monica of Hippo"
partOf Roman Empire
province Africa Proconsularis
region Numidia NERFINISHED
religiousCommunity Christian community
Donatist community
religiousTradition Christianity
timeOfFlourishing 4th century
5th century

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Augustine of Hippo birthPlace Thagaste
St. Augustine birthPlace Thagaste