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Mesarfelta

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Mesarfelta
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Mesarfelta was a RomanBerber town in the province of Numidia. It was also a bishopric that is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[1]

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Mesarfelta was located on the "Limes romanus" called Fossatum Africae

History

The historic Mesarfelta is believed to be what are now the ruins of El-Outaïa or those of Tolga, Henchir-El-Ksar,[1] or may be Qastilya in Algeria[2] (according to "Three North-African Topographical Notes (Islamic-Roman)").

The city is believed to have been constructed as a fortification by the Romans (with annexed "vicus"), in the second half of the first century near the Aures Mountains. It had an amphitheatre during Hadrians reign.[3]

A barrier called Fossatum Africae, which marked the frontier between the territory of the Roman Empire and other lands, ran through Mesarfelta.[4]

The city disappeared after the Muslim conquest in the second half of the 7th century.

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Bishopric

The city of Mesarfelta was the seat of an ancient bishopric[5] There are two Mesarfelta bishops historically remembered both in the Council of Carthage (411).

Ancient bishops

Titular bishops of Mesarfelta

Source:[6]

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