Timici

Timici was a Phoenician, Numidian, and Roman town located in present-day Ain Matboul, Algeria^[1] (between Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali and Taougrit).

Timici
Timici ruins
Location	Aïn Metboul, Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali
Height	500
Built	4th century BC
Demolished	6th century
Restored	1th century[clarification needed]
Architectural style(s)	Punic and Roman

Name

Further information: Maghreb placename etymology

A coin of Timici with the Punic legend 𐤕𐤌𐤊‬𐤉 (TMKY)

Timici is a Latinization of the town's Punic name 𐤕𐤌𐤊‬𐤉 (TMKY).^[1][2]

Timici means fire in Tamazight.^{[citation needed]}

History

Timici minted its own bronze coins with Punic legends.^[2]

Under the Romans, Timici was a native town (civitas) in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.^[3]

The town was previously identified with the ruins at Aïn Témouchent,^[4] which were actually the remnants of Roman Albulae.

Religion

Timici was the seat of a Christian bishop in antiquity. Three of them appear in the surviving historical record. The title fell into abeyance during the Islamic conquest of the Maghreb but was revived as a Roman Catholic titular see (Latin: Dioecesis Timicitana) in the 20th century.^[5][6]

List of bishops

• Vitorre a Catholic bishop who represented the town at the Council of Carthage (411), which heard the dispute between Catholic and Donatists.
• The Donatist Optato was Vittores' counterpart at the conference.
• Honorius participated in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom, after the synod Honorius was exiled.
• Fernando Ariztía Ruiz (1967–1976)
• Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo (1977–1984)
• Toribio Ticona Porco (1986–1992)
• Francisco Cases Andreu (1994–1996)
• John Forrosuelo Du (1997–2001)^[7]
• Donald George Sproxton (2001–current), Perth's auxiliary bishop.^[8]