Theveste

Thevestē (Thebestē, Tevestē, Tebestē), ēs, f., eine erst später vorkommende, bedeutende Stadt in Numidien am Bagradas, in der Nähe seiner Quellen, röm. Kolonie, j. zerstörte Stadt Tiffesh,. Cod. Theod. 11, 30, 5. Augustin. de bapt. c. Donatist. 6, 38. § 73. Itin. Anton. 27, 1; 33, 2. Testam. porcell. p. 232, 8 Buech. Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 1193 u. 8, 1863. – Dav. Thevestīni, ōrum, m., die Einw. von Theveste, die Thevestiner, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 4202 u. 7053. – Die handschr. u. inschr. am besten beglaubigte Form ist Theveste, s. Haupt opusc. 2, 181 (zum Testam. porcell.). Böcking Notit. dign. occid. p. 423*.

Thĕvestē ou Tĕbestē, ēs, f. , ville de Numidie [auj. Tébessa, en Algérie] : Anton. || -tīnus, a, um, de Théveste : Inscr.

THEVESTE

THEVESTE (Θεουέστη, Ptol. 4.3.30), an important town of Numidia, but which is only mentioned in the later writers. It was a Roman colony (Gruter, Inscr. p. 600; Itin. Ant. p. 27), and the place where many roads running in a SE. direction into the Roman province of Africa, had their commencement. (Cf. ltin. Ant. pp. 33, 46, 47, 53, 54.) It is the town of Tebessa, recently discovered by General Negrier, considerable ruins of which still exist, especially the ancient walls, the circumference of which indicates a town capable of containing 40,000 inhabitants. (See Letronne, in Rev. Archéol. 4. p. 360, sqq.; Sur l'Arc de Triomphe de Teveste, &c., Paris, 1847; Jahn's Jahrbücher, 52. p. 409.)

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Thevesté

(Θεουέστη). Now Tebessa. A city of North Africa on the frontier of Numidia. A fine triumphal arch and the ruins of the ancient walls still exist. See Boissier, L'Afrique Romaine (1895). The Romans had a phrase De Tebeste (Theveste) usque ad Tergeste, like the Scripture “From Dan to Beersheba” (Test. Porcell.).