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'''Quiza''', which [[Pliny the Elder]] called '''Quiza Xenitana''',<ref>This is sometimes mistakenly written ''Quiza Cenitana''</ref> was a minor city or colony in [[Roman Africa]], located in the late [[Roman province]] of [[Mauretania Caesariensis]] |
'''Quiza''', which [[Pliny the Elder]] called '''Quiza Xenitana''',<ref>This is sometimes mistakenly written ''Quiza Cenitana''</ref> was a minor city or colony in [[Roman Africa]], located in the late [[Roman province]] of [[Mauretania Caesariensis]]. |
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==History== |
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William Smith identified it with Giza near [[Oran, Algeria]].<ref name=Smith>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aentry%3Dquiza-geo [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography|Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)]]]</ref> More recent investigations have identified it with present-day El-Benian on the coast road between Mostaga and Dara.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=nyUMTMzzeTQC&pg=PA434&dq=Quiza+El-Benian&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YwcOVPf9BuOy7Abl_YD4CQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Quiza%20El-Benian&f=false Marietta Horster, ''Bauinschriften römischer Kaiser'' (Franz Steiner Verlag 2001 ISBN 978-3-51507951-8), p. 434]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=JThBS0YjNxsC&pg=PA45&dq=Quiza+El-Benian&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YwcOVPf9BuOy7Abl_YD4CQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Quiza%20El-Benian&f=false Wolfram Letzner, ''Lucius Cornelius Sulla'' (LIT Verlag 2000 ISBN 978-3-82585041-8), p. 45]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DzIOAQAAMAAJ&q=Quiza+El-Benian&dq=Quiza+El-Benian&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YwcOVPf9BuOy7Abl_YD4CQ&redir_esc=y Herbert Cancick et al. (editors), ''Brill's New Pauly'' (Brill 2006 ISBN 978-9-00412272-7), p. cxcv]</ref> |
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In his ''Natural History'', 4.2.3., Pliny the Elder: writes: "Next to this is Quiza Xenitana, a town founded by strangers"; a remark explained because the word ''Xenitana'' is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] ξένος, "a stranger",<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=VzwZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA385&dq=Quiza+Algeria+Pliny&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cP4NVKXcBsfA7Abd04GwCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Quiza%20Algeria%20Pliny&f=false John Bostock, H.T. Riley (editors), ''The Natural History of Pliny'' (Henry G. Bohn, 1855) vol. 1, p. 385]</ref> as explained also by [[Victor Vitensis]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=7NsCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&dq=%22Quiza+Xenitana%22&source=bl&ots=p8dEuv26Rs&sig=P2FHUkewCOJV85TnVOmY9UWuiZo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k_8NVIubGtCA7Qab4YGQAg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Quiza%20Xenitana%22&f=false Thierry Ruinart (editor), ''Historia persecutionis Vandalicae'' (1699), p. 344]</ref> The town is mentioned also by Pliny elsewhere (5.2), by [[Ptolemy]], and by [[Pomponius Mela]].<ref name=Smith/> |
In his ''Natural History'', 4.2.3., Pliny the Elder: writes: "Next to this is Quiza Xenitana, a town founded by strangers"; a remark explained because the word ''Xenitana'' is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] ξένος, "a stranger",<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=VzwZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA385&dq=Quiza+Algeria+Pliny&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cP4NVKXcBsfA7Abd04GwCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Quiza%20Algeria%20Pliny&f=false John Bostock, H.T. Riley (editors), ''The Natural History of Pliny'' (Henry G. Bohn, 1855) vol. 1, p. 385]</ref> as explained also by [[Victor Vitensis]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=7NsCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&dq=%22Quiza+Xenitana%22&source=bl&ots=p8dEuv26Rs&sig=P2FHUkewCOJV85TnVOmY9UWuiZo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k_8NVIubGtCA7Qab4YGQAg&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Quiza%20Xenitana%22&f=false Thierry Ruinart (editor), ''Historia persecutionis Vandalicae'' (1699), p. 344]</ref> The town is mentioned also by Pliny elsewhere (5.2), by [[Ptolemy]], and by [[Pomponius Mela]].<ref name=Smith/> |
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==Bibliography== |
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* Laffi, Umberto. ''Colonie e municipi nello Stato romano'' Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. Roma, 2007 ISBN 8884983509 |
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* Mommsen, Theodore. ''The Provinces of the Roman Empire'' Section: Roman Africa. (Leipzig 1865; London 1866; London: Macmillan 1909; reprint New York 1996) Barnes & Noble. New York, 1996 |
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==See also== |
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* [[Mauretania Caesariensis]] |
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* [[Portus Divinus]] |
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* [[Portus Magnus]] |
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* [[Unica Colonia]] |
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* [[Roman 'Coloniae' in Berber Africa]] |
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* [[Romano-Berber states]] |
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* [[Christian Berbers]] |
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{{Romano-Berber cities in Roman Africa}} |
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Revision as of 22:39, 31 January 2015
Quiza, which Pliny the Elder called Quiza Xenitana,[1] was a minor city or colony in Roman Africa, located in the late Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
History
William Smith identified it with Giza near Oran, Algeria.[2] More recent investigations have identified it with present-day El-Benian on the coast road between Mostaga and Dara.[3][4][5]
In his Natural History, 4.2.3., Pliny the Elder: writes: "Next to this is Quiza Xenitana, a town founded by strangers"; a remark explained because the word Xenitana is derived from Greek ξένος, "a stranger",[6] as explained also by Victor Vitensis.[7] The town is mentioned also by Pliny elsewhere (5.2), by Ptolemy, and by Pomponius Mela.[2]
Bishopric
At the Conference of Carthage in 411, which brought together Catholic and Donatist bishops, Quiza was represented by the Catholic Priscus, who had no Donatist counterpart. He is mentioned also in a letter of Saint Augustine to Pope Celestine I.[8] Tiberianus of Quiza was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal kind Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled. In addition, the name of a Bishop Vitalianus appears in the mosaic pavement of the excavated basilica of Quiza.[9][10][11]
No longer a residential bishopric, Quiza is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[12]
References
- ^ This is sometimes mistakenly written Quiza Cenitana
- ^ a b Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
- ^ Marietta Horster, Bauinschriften römischer Kaiser (Franz Steiner Verlag 2001 ISBN 978-3-51507951-8), p. 434
- ^ Wolfram Letzner, Lucius Cornelius Sulla (LIT Verlag 2000 ISBN 978-3-82585041-8), p. 45
- ^ Herbert Cancick et al. (editors), Brill's New Pauly (Brill 2006 ISBN 978-9-00412272-7), p. cxcv
- ^ John Bostock, H.T. Riley (editors), The Natural History of Pliny (Henry G. Bohn, 1855) vol. 1, p. 385
- ^ Thierry Ruinart (editor), Historia persecutionis Vandalicae (1699), p. 344
- ^ Augustine, Letter 209
- ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris 1912, p. 484
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 260
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 467
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 957
Bibliography
- Laffi, Umberto. Colonie e municipi nello Stato romano Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. Roma, 2007 ISBN 8884983509
- Mommsen, Theodore. The Provinces of the Roman Empire Section: Roman Africa. (Leipzig 1865; London 1866; London: Macmillan 1909; reprint New York 1996) Barnes & Noble. New York, 1996