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Auzia was a Roman colony in Berber north Africa. It is now called Sour El-Ghozlane, a town and district seat in central-northern Algeria, located 150 km south-east of the capital Algiers. == History == Auzia probably took the name from the Berber pagan god "Auzius", because under Augustus a Roman castrum was founded near a small Berber village with that name 〔(History of Auzia (in French) )〕 The city constituted of a castrum (fort) and a vicus (small city): Auzia achieved autonomous status as municipium in the second century and later was renamed ''Colonia Septima Aurelia Auziense'' by emperor Septimius Severus. As a Roman colonia, its people received full status of Roman citizenship rights. Tacitus wrote about a "Castellum Auziense", as the headquarters of the Roman garrison commander in Mauretania Caesariensis's central limes (border fortifications). Auzia, according to historian Lawless, was a vicus that achieved independent status from the castrum (fort) garrison and had a ''forum'' (market square) and an important pagan temple, later converted into a Christian church. The Roman settlement (probably with nearly 4,000 inhabitants around 200 AD) was surrounded by farms〔 Lawless, R. ''Mauretania Caesartiensis: anarcheological and geographical survey'' Section: The Roman Civilian Sites. p.122-195〕 Auzia had even a theater and a small "circus" for chariot races, created around 227 AD according to epigraphic evidence〔(Auzia "Circus" )〕 Auzia achieved prosperity mainly because it was at the center of some roads in Roman Africa: from Auzia there were roads toward the Mediterranean sea (Caesarea) and the Saharan interior with the Atlas mountains.〔(Auzia as center of roads in Mauretania )〕 In 290 AD, however, the Bavares tribe attacked Auzia and the city suffered huge destruction. Vandals and Byzantine troops occupied temporarily the city. It was reduced to a small village when Arabs conquered the region at the end of the seventh century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auzia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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