Diana Veteranorum

Diana Veteranorum
ruins of Zana June 2009

Zana or Diana Veteranorum was an ancient Roman city in Algeria. It was located about 40 km northeast of Lambaesis.

Zana was founded in the connection with the settling of Roman veterans in northern Africa under the emperor Trajan (98-117).[1] An older Numidian settlement was merged with a new veteran settlement into the city of Zana. Around 161/162 AD during the governorship of D. Fonteius Frontinianus the city was granted the status of a municipium. In 164/165 AD the legate C. Maesius Picatianus issued the construction of a memorial arch for the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Claude Lepelley: Rom und das Reich in der Hohen Kaiserzeit 44 v. - 260 n. Chr: Die Regionen des Reiches. Walter de Gruyter 2001, ISBN 9783598774492, p. 91 (German) (rectricted online copy at Google Books)
  2. ^ Marietta Horster: Bauinschriften römischer Kaiser. Franz Steiner Verlag 2001, ISBN 9783515079518, p. 423 (German) (rectricted online copy at Google Books)

References

  • Marcel Leglay: Diana Veteranorum (Zana) Algeria. In: The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1976 (online copy)

External links

Coordinates: 35°46′46″N 6°04′31″E / 35.77944°N 6.07528°E / 35.77944; 6.07528


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