Crich-El-Oued
Qarish el-Wadi Thisiduo | |
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Nickname: Chisiduo
[1] | |
Coordinates: 36°38′37″N 9°36′15″E / 36.64361°N 9.60417°E | |
Country | Tunisia |
Governorate | Béja Governorate |
Crich El Oued, also known as Qarish el-Wadi, is a village in Tunisia, [2] located between Bordj Toumi and Majaz al Bab [3] (36° 41' 00" N 9° 40' 00" E) in Béja Governorate east of Tunis. [4] The village is on the Medjerda river [5] [6] at the confluence with the Oued el-Ahmar and the town has a mosque [7]
The ruins west of Crich-El-Oued are the remains of the Roman city of Thisiduo otherwise Thisiduum, [8] a city of Africa Proconsularis [9] [10] [11] which flourished 330 BC - 640 AD.
The original name of the town was probably Thisinduo / Thisinduum. Thomas, [12] reconstructed it thus, and recently found [13] inscriptions which have confirmed this. [14] [15]
The town appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana, [16] [17] and Ravenna Cosmpographica [18] The name evolved following the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb from Thisinduo to Chisiduo. [19] and then Crich.
The history of Thisiduum is hardly known. The inscription CIL 14763 = ILS 6781 testifies to a municipium under Latin law, and to an aedile. [20] Toulotte suspects in Bishop Tadduensis of the year 646 an origin from Thisiduum. [21]
There are few remains meaningfully sited in the ruins because of reuse of the stone in the Middle Ages [22] and building over the former structures. [23] There are remains of a Roman bridge that crosses the Oued el Hamar [24] and some temples are discernible, with a number of trunks of columns, some in stone, others in white marble, littering the town. Inscriptions bear witness to at least two temples [25]
There are also separate ruins nearby at Chouigui and Goubellat and 7 km away at Medjez el Bab.
During the Roman Empire this part of the Medjerda river valley had a high density of bishoprics [26] with four other bishops resident within 10 kilometers of Crich El Oued.
Crich-El-Oued
Qarish el-Wadi Thisiduo | |
---|---|
Nickname: Chisiduo
[1] | |
Coordinates: 36°38′37″N 9°36′15″E / 36.64361°N 9.60417°E | |
Country | Tunisia |
Governorate | Béja Governorate |
Crich El Oued, also known as Qarish el-Wadi, is a village in Tunisia, [2] located between Bordj Toumi and Majaz al Bab [3] (36° 41' 00" N 9° 40' 00" E) in Béja Governorate east of Tunis. [4] The village is on the Medjerda river [5] [6] at the confluence with the Oued el-Ahmar and the town has a mosque [7]
The ruins west of Crich-El-Oued are the remains of the Roman city of Thisiduo otherwise Thisiduum, [8] a city of Africa Proconsularis [9] [10] [11] which flourished 330 BC - 640 AD.
The original name of the town was probably Thisinduo / Thisinduum. Thomas, [12] reconstructed it thus, and recently found [13] inscriptions which have confirmed this. [14] [15]
The town appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana, [16] [17] and Ravenna Cosmpographica [18] The name evolved following the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb from Thisinduo to Chisiduo. [19] and then Crich.
The history of Thisiduum is hardly known. The inscription CIL 14763 = ILS 6781 testifies to a municipium under Latin law, and to an aedile. [20] Toulotte suspects in Bishop Tadduensis of the year 646 an origin from Thisiduum. [21]
There are few remains meaningfully sited in the ruins because of reuse of the stone in the Middle Ages [22] and building over the former structures. [23] There are remains of a Roman bridge that crosses the Oued el Hamar [24] and some temples are discernible, with a number of trunks of columns, some in stone, others in white marble, littering the town. Inscriptions bear witness to at least two temples [25]
There are also separate ruins nearby at Chouigui and Goubellat and 7 km away at Medjez el Bab.
During the Roman Empire this part of the Medjerda river valley had a high density of bishoprics [26] with four other bishops resident within 10 kilometers of Crich El Oued.