Bulla Regia

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Bulla Regia was an ancient city in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis (now Hammam Daradji in Tunisia, about 170 kilometers from Tunis ).

A settlement existed at the site of the later Bulla in the fertile Bagradas valley in prehistoric times. It later belonged to the sphere of influence of the Carthaginians, who had passed the Numidian king Masinissa Bulla shortly before the Third Punic War. The city served as the residence of the Numidian kings probably (Latin regius: " royal "). Since Caesar Bulla part of the Roman province of Africa Nova, later Africa proconsularis. First, it had the status of a free city ( oppidum liberum ), was a municipium in the 1st century and was under Hadrian the title of a colonia.

The remains of numerous buildings ( inter alia, the Forum, baths, theater) can still be seen. Many excavated houses have a special feature on a converted basement, which served to shelter from the summer heat.

Bulla Regia had a bishop in late antiquity. The diocese continues to exist as a titular Bulla Regia of the Roman Catholic Church.