Tiddis

Tiddis (called even Castellum Tidditanorum or Tiddi) was a Roman city that depended on Cirta. It was located on the territory of the current commune of Bni Hamden in the Constantine Province of eastern Algeria.

History

Today Tiddis is an authentic Roman site called Res eddar or the peak of the House located in the Gorge of the Khreneg, just north of Cirta. It marks the presence of a Roman civilization through rock art inscriptions and Roman pottery.

Tiddis was built by the Romans and arranged according to their system of urbanization.

This prosperous town, established on a plateau, had a monumental gate, baths, industrial facilities (tanneries), a sanctuary to Mithras dating back to the 4th century BC, and also a Christian chapel.

Castles and water tanks of all forms remind us that the city has gradually been abandoned because it lacked sources. One can admire the mausoleum that Quintus Lollius Urbicus, a native of Tiddis (and son of a romanised Berber landowner) who then became prefect of Rome.