Aquae Calidae, Algeria
During the Roman Empire, Aquae Calidae was a Roman colony of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. The Roman city has been identified with ruins at Hammam Righa in the wilaya of Chlef, Algeria, North Africa.[1]
The Ruins are located at latitude36.379474n, longitude2.395618e near the railway town of Boumedfaa,[2] and is on the Oued Djer River.[3]
The Roman colony appears to have been founded by Augustus and flourished from 30BC to about AD640, passing through the Vandal and Roman Empires into late Antiquity.
See also
- Mauritania Cesariense
- Caldas de Reis#Aquae Calidae, Galicia, Spain
- Aquae Calidae, Italy
- Aquae Calidae, Bulgaria
References
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.
- ↑ Barrington Atlas p30 D4 Aquae Calidae.
- ↑ Aquae Calidae (Hammam Righa).
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