Teboursoq (Henshir Khamisa)
The Numidian city of Tabersuk (Henshir Khamisa) is currently the city of Khamisa in the state of Souk Ahras, eastern Algeria.
It was called Thubursicum Numidarum in the past
The name of the city alone reveals its origin, as it basically refers to the Numidian city that was originally home to the Numidians before the Roman colonization there. The city, which connected Hippo and Tiveste across the river, initially became a prosperous agricultural center under the rule of Masinissa.
This city was occupied by an indigenous clan of the Numidian tribes, and at the head of this clan, principles were established that stipulated the exercise of authority from father to son in the Numidian royal period.
In the second century AD, when the city reached full prosperity after the expansion that established a new urban center with baths, an arch, temples, and a theater, there is still talk in the city’s inscriptions about the princes of that Numidian clan as Roman citizens, which proves to us the importance of the indigenous population even in the Roman period.
We note that under Roman rule the city remained the center of one of the tribes called Numidae, which reflects its name. The city in this period was administered jointly by indigenous chieftains and military governors, where the separate existence of the indigenous community was recognized even after the city obtained the status of a municipality since the chief of the tribe. Numidae (princes of the Numidian peoples).
Moreover, the numerous epitaphs provided to us by the cemeteries of the region mention purely African names almost as much as Roman ones. However, it should be noted that these epitaphs are written in Latin, and that a Libyan inscription and a Punic-Latin inscription were found in one of the tombs.
The city is considered the birthplace of the famous revolutionary Takfarin (Takfarinas), whose lineage goes back to the Musulami tribes, as the city played an important role in his revolution against the Romans.
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