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Vageata
Roman-Berber town in Mauretania Caesariensis, Roman Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vageata, also known as Vageatensis,[1] was a Roman-Berber town in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.[2] It is also known as Bagatensis,[3] and epigraphical evidence remains attesting to this etymology,[4][5][6] due to the interchange of 'v' for 'b' is a common phenomenon in Latin and Greek place names.
The city has been identified with ruins at El-Haria, located east of Cirta en route to Thibilis.[7] It was mentioned by Optatus of Milevis, in Numidia.[8]
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Bishopric
The city was also a seat of an ancient bishopric though only two bishops are known to history. Donatus of Vageaensis was known from the Council of Carthage (411).[9][10]
Fulgentius (Catholic bishop) fl.484 was exiled by Vandal king Huneric in 484AD. Richard Oliver Gerow of Natchez-Jackson was bishop in the 1970s. Long-term bishop Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck(1972-2010) [11] was then succeeded by Wieslaw Szlachetka, who has been bishop since December 21, 2013.[12]
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