Tébessa

Tébessa, also spelled Tebessa and known in antiquity as Theveste, is a historic city and the capital of Tebessa Province in eastern Algeria. Founded during the Roman era in the 1st century AD, the city flourished as an important military and administrative center on the southern frontier of Roman North Africa. Tébessa preserves an exceptional concentration of archaeological remains, including the monumental Triumphal Arch of Caracalla, a Roman amphitheater, and the Temple of Minerva, alongside later Christian and Byzantine monuments such as the 4th-century basilica and the imposing 6th-century Byzantine wall. Together, these remains reflect the city’s long urban continuity from Roman to Byzantine times.

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