Rusazus
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Rusazus[1]was aPhoenician,Carthaginian,andRomantown located nearCape Corbelin,Algeria.Its ruins are near the town ofAzeffoun.[1]
Name[edit]
RŠZ(Phoenician:𐤓𐤔𐤆) was the Phoenician andPunicname ofCape Corbelinand meant "Capeof the Strong One "[2]or "Cape of theFort".[1]It washellenizedasRhousazoûs(Greek:Ῥουσαζοῦς)[3]andLatinizedvariously as Rusazus,[4]Rusazu,[5]Rusazis,[6]Ruseius,[7]andRusadum.[8]
As to which "Strong One" might have been meant,Lipińskioffers thatAzeffoun's name itself might be aBerbermemory of a Punic toponym honoringBaal Zephon,[2]who was reckoned a patron of maritime trade. He allows, though, that pending the discovery of such an inscription, mere assonance is also possible.[2]
History[edit]
Rusazus was established as acolonyalong the trade route between theStrait of GibraltarandPhoenicia.It consisted of a small fortress south of Cape Corbelin.[1]It eventually fell underCarthaginiancontrol, probably during the 6th centuryBC.
Under the Romans, it was established as aRoman colonyunderAugustus.[4]It was part ofMauretania Caesariensisafter AD44.
Inlate antiquity,it was part of theVandal Kingdomprior to theByzantinereconquest of Africa.Itwas overrunby theUmayyad Caliphatein the 7th century.
Ruins[edit]
The site includes anecropolisand the ruins ofbaths,temples,and Roman-era embankments.
Religion[edit]
The Roman town had aChristianbishopric(Latin:Dioecesis Rusaditana).[9][8]It was revived in the 20th century as aRoman Catholictitular see.
List of bishops[edit]
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- Idonio, who took part inHuneric's484 Council of Carthage,after which he was expelled
- Agapito Augusto Fiorentini(1902–1941)
- Juan Tarsicio Senner(1942–1951)
- Joseph Howard Hodges(1952–1962)
- Pavol Mária Hnilica(1964–2006)
- Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer(2007–2012)
- Georges Abou Khazen(2013–present)
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^abcdHuss (2006).
- ^abcLipiński (2004),p.397–9.
- ^Ptol.,Geogr.,Book IV, Ch. ii, §9.
- ^abPlin.,Nat. Hist.,Book V, §20.
- ^Tab. Peut.,2.3.
- ^Ant. Itin.,17.2.
- ^Rav. Cosmogr.,40.42.
- ^abMorcelli (1816),p.264.
- ^Pius Bonifacius Gams,Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae,(Leipzig, 1931), p. 468.
Bibliography[edit]
- Huss, Werner(2006), "Rusazus",Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,Leiden: Brill.
- Lipiński, Edward(2004),Itineraria Phoenicia,Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta,No.127,Studia Phoenicia,Vol.XVIII, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters,ISBN9789042913448.
- Morcelli, Stephano Antonio (1816),Africa Christiana,vol.I, Brescia: Betton.(in Latin)
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