Tubusuctu
Tubusuptu · Tiklat · Tubuscum
Roman to Byzantine (27 BCE–7th c. CE; peak 1st–4th c. CE)·Roman / Byzantine·🇩🇿 Béjaïa Province, Algeria
About
About Tubusuctu
Tubusuctu (Tiklat) on the Soummam River was Augustus' veteran colony for Legio? Set on fertile Soummam plain beneath Djurdjura, with orthogonal Hippodamian plan 1,000×400 m. Remains: punic? Not, but Roman baths, curia, palestra, nymphaeum, Christian basilica and aqueduct from Soummam. Known for 2nd-c. bronze association diploma find. Epigraphy (CIL VIII) documents veteran settlement; pottery kilns produce African Red Slip.
Why it mattersIntact Augustan veteran colony plan; Diploma 184 CE documents recruitment.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Legio veteran origin
- 02Aqueduct source in Djurdjura
Theories
- 01Soummam valley centruriation model (Leglay)
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Augustan colonia 27–25 BCE for veterans
- Period
- Roman to Byzantine (27 BCE–7th c. CE; peak 1st–4th c. CE)
- Culture
- Roman / Byzantine
- Builders
- Augustan veterans (Colonia Iulia Augusta)
- Purpose
- Veteran settlement controlling Soummam valley grain
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
27 BCE
Augustan veteran colonia
184 CE
Bronze military diploma
4th c.
Christian basilica built
7th c.
Byzantine abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
36.6490° N · 4.9010° E · 55 m · 2 mapped features
Baths of Tubusuctu
baths30×20 m bath complex with hypocaust
36.6500° N · 4.9020° EChristian Basilica
basilica25×15 m basilica with apse
36.6480° N · 4.9000° E
Gallery