Diana Veteranorum

35.7794444444446.0752777777778Koordinaten: 35 ° 46 '46 "N, 6 ° 4' 31" E

Diana Veteranorum (now Aïn Zana ) was an ancient Roman city in Numidia in present-day Algeria, Batna Province, 40 km (airline ) NNW of Lambaesis was. Today it is a tourist destination, there are some ruins of the city can be seen.

The city was developed as part of the Veterans settlements in North Africa under the emperor Trajan ( 98-117 ), in this case an older Numidian municipality was merged with the veterans settlement. It was raised during the governorship of Decimus Fonteius Frontinianus by 161 or 162 AD in the status of municipium. The legate Gaius Maesius Picatianus was 164/165 AD in Diana Veteranorum build a triumphal arch of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

From the late antique period dates an early Christian basilica, whose foundations were excavated from 1850. The only occupied Bishop is a Fidentius (411 ).