Thagaste

Thagaste was a town of Roman Numidia in the northeastern highlands of Algeria, on the site later occupied by Souk Ahras. It is remembered as the birthplace of Augustine, born here in 354 to Patricius and Monica. Augustine studied elsewhere in North Africa and became bishop of Hippo, but returned to Thagaste after his conversion and established a religious community. The town also had its own Christian bishopric.