Vacca

Vacca, ae, f.

• A town of Byzacene in Africa, Auct. B. Afr. 74.—
• II A town of Numidia, called also Vaga, now Beja, Sall. J. 29, 4; 47, 1; 68, 3; Sil. 3, 259.
• —Hence, Vaccensis or Vagensis, e, adj., of or pertaining to Vacca: Vagense oppidum, i. e. Vaga, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30.— Vaccenses (Vagen-), ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Vacca, Sall. J. 66, 2.

Vacca, v. Vagia.

2. Vacca, ae, f., richtiger Vaga u. Vagia, w.s.

2 Vacca, (14) æ, f. , ¶ 1 ville de la Byzacène : B. Afr. 74 || 2 ville de Numidie : Sall. J. 29, 4 ; v. Vaga.

3 Vacca, æ, m. , v. Vagia.

VACCA

VACCA

1.

(Sall. J. 29, &c.) or VAGA (Sil. It. 3.259; Οὐάγα, Ptol. 4.3.28; Βάγα, Procop. de Aed. 6.5), an important town and place of considerable commerce in the interior of Numidia, lying a long day's journey SW. of Utica. Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.4) calls it Vagense Oppidum. It was destroyed by Metellus (Sail. J. 69); but afterwards restored and inhabited by the Romans. Justinian surrounded it with a wall, and named it Theodoria, in honour of his consort. (Procop. l. c.;cf. Strab. 17. p. 831; Sall. J. 47, 68; Plut. Mar. 8. p. 409.) Now Bayjah( Begia, Beggia, Bedsja) in Tunis, on the borders of Algiers. (Cf. Shaw, Travels, 1. p. 183.) Vaga is mentioned by the Geogr. Nub. ( Clim. 3.1. p. 88) under the name of Bagia, and by Leo Afric. (p. 406, Lorsbach) under that of Beggia, as a place of considerable commerce.

2.

A town in Byzacium in Africa Proper, lying to the S. of Ruspinum (Hirt. B. Afr. 74). This is probably the aliud Vagense oppidumof Pliny (l. c.). [T.H.D]