Hippo Regius - Wikipedia
Hippo Regius (also known as Hippo or Hippone) is the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba, Algeria. It served as an important city for the Phoenicians , Berbers , Romans , and Vandals . Hippo was the capital city of the Vandal Kingdom from AD 435 to 439.
Hippo | Algeria, Map, & Facts | Britannica
Hippo, ancient port on the coast of North Africa, located near the modern town of Annaba (formerly Bône) in Algeria. Hippo was probably first settled by Carthaginians in the 4th century bce. It later became the home of Numidian rulers.
Siege of Hippo Regius - Wikipedia
The siege of Hippo Regius was a siege from June 430 to August 431, carried out by the Vandals under their king Gaiseric against Roman defenders under Boniface, Count of Africa. Boniface, freshly reconciled with imperial power in Rome, sought to oppose the advance of …
Hippo Regius | Algeria, Africa | Attractions - Lonely Planet
The vast ruins of the ancient Roman city of Hippo Regius, also known as Hippone, are among the most evocative in Algeria, stretched across a rolling site, full of flowers, rosemary, olive trees, birds and sheep, and overlooked by the imposing, colonial-era Basilica de Saint Augustine.
The Splendours of Roman Algeria - World History Encyclopedia
2023年3月2日 · Shortly after his death in 430 CE, Hippo Regius fell to the Vandals and became the capital city of the Vandal Kingdom from 435 to 439 CE. Hippo Regius passed to the Byzantine emperor Justinian in 533 CE, and about two centuries later, it was overcome by Arabs.
Hippo Regius - Encyclopedia.com
HIPPO REGIUS. Ancient North African bishopric, modern Bone, Algeria. The Phoenicians are believed to have had a settlement there in the 10th century b.c. The title Regius was used to distinguish it from Hippo Diarrhytus, because it both formed part of the kingdom of Numidia and apparently served as a residence for Numidian kings.
Hippo Regius - Wikiwand
Hippo Regius (also known as Hippo or Hippone) is the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba, Algeria. It served as an important city for the Phoenicians , Berbers , Romans , and Vandals . Hippo was the capital city of the Vandal Kingdom from AD 435 to 439.
HIPPO REGIUS (Annaba or Bône) Algeria. - Perseus Digital Library
HIPPO REGIUS (Annaba or Bône) Algeria. First and foremost a seaport, this city of Proconsular Africa overlooks a deep, sheltered bay where from earliest times ships could put in. Confusion between Hippou Acra, its original name, and Hippo Zarytus (Bizerta) makes it difficult to interpret the oldest texts.
Roman Algeria - Hippo Regius or Ippona
The ancient Carthaginian Hippo or Hippone received from the Romans the name of Hippo Regius; it was created a colony of the Empire, and with Carthage. it was one of the most opulent commercial centres of Roman Africa. In 428 A.D. Hippone was …
Hippo Regius Archaeological Park – Terrae Transmarinae
2019年9月24日 · Variously under Carthaginian, Numidian, and Roman control, Hippo Regius was a prosperous and multicultural Mediterranean port city. In the Roman period, it sometimes belonged to the province of Africa to the east and sometimes …