🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Madauros (Mdaourouch)
Numidian to Byzantine (5th c BCE-11th c CE; peak 2nd-4th c CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Plateau colony Madauros.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Mansourah — Marinid Fortified City of Tlemcen
Marinid (1299–1307 CE) · Berber Marinid / Zayyanid
Mansourah is the 1299–1307 Marinid siege-camp turned fortified city 4 km W of Tlemcen, built by Sultan Abu Yaqub to blockade Zayyanid Tlemcen for 8-year siege (longest medieval siege in Maghreb).
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Rapidum (Djouab)
Roman to Byzantine (122-431 CE; peak 2nd-3rd c CE) · Roman military
Plateau fort Rapidum.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Rapidum (Sour Djouab / Masqueray)
Roman · Roman
Auxilia castra of Cohors II Sardorum on Auzia–Lemellef road controlling Tell–Plateaux pass. Fort 180×140 m with canabae, baths, Gordian III rebuild inscription.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Siga (Takembrit)
Numidian to Byzantine (6th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 3rd c BCE–2nd c CE) · Massaesylian Numidian / Punic / Roman
Numidian royal capital Siga (Takembrit) of Syphax at the Tafna mouth.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient port
Siga Outer Harbour (Takembrit Offshore)
Numidian to Late Antique (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian (Masaesyli) / Roman (Mauretania)
Syphax's harbour with 200 m submerged rubble mole and purple middens.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Theveste (Tebessa)
Roman to Byzantine (75-647 CE; peak 2nd-4th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine
Legionary Theveste with arch.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Thubunae Outlier – Henchir Ksar Bou Saad
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Outlier fortlet of Thubunae on Hodna rim with 6-tower enceinte.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Thubursicum Numidicum (Khamissa)
Numidian to Byzantine (5th c BCE-7th c CE; peak 2nd-3rd c CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Twin theatre city Khamissa.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Tiddis (Castellum Tidditanorum)
Numidian / Roman (Berber stronghold to late antique) · Numidian / Roman
Cliff-hanging Berber-Roman 'mini Delphi' on Guelaa plateau with stepped streets, bazina tombs and aqueducts.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Timgad (Thamugadi)
Roman to Byzantine (100 CE–6th c; peak 2nd–3rd c) · Roman / Berber / Byzantine
Exemplar Roman colonial grid city founded ex nihilo by Trajan c.100 CE for veterans of Third Augustan Legion, Timgad displays perfect castrum plan: square 355×250 m, decumanus and cardo crossing at…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Tipasa
Phoenician / Roman / Early Christian · Phoenician / Roman / Christian
Phoenician-Roman-Christian cape town with Great 7-aisle basilica (largest in Africa) and St Salsa martyrion.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Tubusuctu
Roman to Byzantine (27 BCE–7th c. CE; peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Roman / Byzantine
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?
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Vescera (Biskra)
Roman to Byzantine (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Limes military colony at Biskra oasis with camp and Triton mosaic.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Zarai
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Customs station famed for 202 CE Zarai Tariff (longest Latin customs law).