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    Cirta, also known by various other names in antiquity, was the ancient Berber, Punic and Roman settlement which later became Constantine, Algeria. Cirta...
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    Constantine Province in northeastern Algeria. During Roman times it was called Cirta and was renamed "Constantina" in honour of Emperor Constantine the Great...
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  • Council of Cirta may refer to either of the following ancient councils of the Catholic church held in this north African city: First Council of Cirta, held...
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    a Roman province. The remainder of the western kingdom plus the city of Cirta, which may have belonged to either kingdom, became briefly an autonomous...
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  • The Battle of Cirta was fought in 203 BC between an army of largely Masaesyli Numidians commanded by their king Syphax and a force of mainly Massylii...
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    reorganization, then was divided in two: Numidia Cirtensis, with capital at Cirta, and Numidia Militiana ("Military Numidia"), with capital at the legionary...
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    sign of Tannit were uncovered in the hundreds in the site of El-Hofra in Cirta (Constantine, Algeria) and are showcased in the Louvre Museum. A coin with...
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  • Council of Cirta was a synod of bishops called by Secundus of Tigisis, the primate of Numidia in AD 303 or 305. It took place in the city of Cirta. The Council...
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    identified as Berbers, until Masinissa, chief of the Massyli tribe based near Cirta, who supported Rome during the Second Punic War (206 BC) against the nearby...
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  • The Second Council of Cirta was a conference of Bishops, held in June 412, at Cirta in Roman North Africa, and was debated between the Catholics led by...
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    war on his cousin anyway, and defeated him, forcing him to retreat into Cirta, Adherbal's capital. Jugurtha's goal was now to conquer, and thus unite...
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  • Grand Hotel Cirta or Hotel Cirta is a hotel in Constantine, Algeria, located in a white colonial building at 1 Avenue Rahmani Achour, on the edge of Place...
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    general concentrated on Carthage, Laelius and Masinissa followed Syphax to Cirta. During the pursuit, Syphax was threatened with desertion by his army when...
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  • mentioned in the Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae. The Council of Cirta was held in the spring of AD 305 to elect a new bishop for the town. The...
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  • The siege of Cirta was fought between the rival Numidian kings Adherbal and Jugurtha in 113 BC. They were contesting the throne of Numidia after the death...
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  • Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority (CIRTA) is a provider of mass transportation in Boone and Hendricks counties with two routes serving...
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    as Livy implies Masinissa met her for the first time after the Battle of Cirta, but this is not entirely incompatible with the previous. Classical chroniclers...
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    leading troops until his death and fathering some 44 sons.: 181  His tomb in Cirta (modern-day Constantine in Algeria) bears the inscription MSNSN, read Mas'n'sen...
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    Pastrone and shot in Turin. The film is set in ancient Sicily, Carthage, and Cirta during the period of the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). It follows a melodramatic...
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    Regius Icosium (Algiers) Igilgili (Jijel) Iol (Cherchell) Iomnium (Tigzirt) Cirta (Constantine) Kissi (Djinet) Macomades Malaca Rachgoun Rusazus (Azeffoun)...
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    Poseidon and Amphitrite, showing the couple in procession. Detail of a large Roman mosaic from Cirta, Roman Africa (c. 315–325 AD, now at the Louvre)...
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  • Sonacome. Cirta C4006 From 1974 until 1983. Cirta C6006 From 1974 until 2003. Cirta CT900 From 1974 until 2003 Cirta CX3.70 From 2003 until 2010 Cirta CX 100...
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    The Cirta steles are almost 1,000 Punic funerary[citation needed] and votive steles found in Cirta (today Constantine, Algeria) in a cemetery located on...
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    As these Berber areas came to be associated with the regions of Tripoli, Cirta or Algiers, the name was increasingly applied to the arid areas south of...
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    prosperous one for the most part. The king ruled from Syphax's former capital of Cirta, which may or not have been originally a Punic city. The center of his economic...
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    was located around 40 km northwest of Lambaesis and 85 km southwest of Cirta. Diana Veteranorum was founded in the connection with the settling of Roman...
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  • Russicada presentday Skikda, was the Mediterranean port city serving Cirta, the capital of the Kingdom of Numidia in Ancient Algeria. It overlooked the...
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    encounter Syphax was pursued and taken prisoner by Masinissa at the battle of Cirta; Masinissa then seized most of Syphax's kingdom with Roman help. Rome and...
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    for protection, her main temples in Thinissut (Bir Bouregba, Tunisia), Cirta (Constantine, Algeria), Lambaesis (Batna, Algeria) and Theveste (Tebessa...
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    returned to his Roman townhouse at dawn on 28 March, having left his home in Cirta as soon as news of his pupils' accession reached him. He sent a note to...
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