Tipasa , distinguished as Tipasa in Numidia , was a town in the Roman province of Numidia in North Africa . Its ruins are located 957 meters (3,140 ft) above sea level near present-day Tifesh in Constantine Province , Algeria , 88 kilometers (55 mi) south of Annaba .

History [ edit ]

Tipasa was a Carthaginian trading post under the name ?P?TN ( Punic : ?????????????? ) ^[1] (meaning "place of passage" or "stopover" ^[2] ). It was connected with the port Hippo Regius by a road; they struck their coins in common. ^[1]

It was taken over by the Roman Republic at some point after the Punic Wars .

Ruins [ edit ]

The chief ruin is Tipasa's extensive fortress, which had walls 3 meters (10 ft) thick. ^[3]

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Citations [ edit ]

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Head, Barclay; et al. (1911), "Numidia" , Historia Numorum (2nd ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 884?887 .