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Multi-periodSite Name: Cirta Alternative Name: ConstantineCountry: Algeria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Constantine Nearest Village: Constantine
Latitude: 36.357201N Longitude: 6.600467E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cirta, now called Constantine, was founded by Carthaginians and was the capital and commercial centre of Numidia. It was a city of the Massylii, the easternmost Numidian tribe and the capital of the Numidian chief Syphax and of the king of the Massylii Massinissa and his successors. In the Jugurthine War between 111–106 BCE, Adherbal (the ruler of eastern Numidia, as designated by the Romans) was besieged here by the Numidian king Jugurtha, and the town was compelled to surrender. Jugurtha was later captured by the Romans and executed in Rome. Cirta was destroyed in 311 CE, but was rebuilt by Constantine the Great 2 years later and renamed after him. It is now a modern Algerian city.
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