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ID: 7017996
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017996

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dougga (deserted settlement)  Dougga (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 25 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.4167  decimal degrees
Long: 009 13 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 9.2167  decimal degrees

Note: Ruins of city occupy plateau and steep hillside; was one of the chief ancient cities of the region, and probably residence of the Numidian kings after the Third Punic War.

Names:
Dougga (preferred,C,V)
Municipium Thuggense (H,V)  ............ from 205 CE
Thugga (H,V)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tūnis (nation)  ........  Tūnis (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Béja (governorate)  ............  Béja (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Dougga (deserted settlement)  ................  Dougga (deserted settlement) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ....  Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Africa (province)  ........  Africa (province) (P,H) from 146 BCE
Hierarchy of Dougga (deserted settlement)  ............  Dougga (deserted settlement) (P,H)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  was a very ancient site, later a Roman settlement
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
colony (H)  ............  of ancient Rome

Sources and Contributors:
Dougga..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
.................  USBGN: Tunisia (1964)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Municipium Thuggense..........  [VP]
...................................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 917-918
Thugga..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8473
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 917-918
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8473
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 917-918
..................  USBGN: Tunisia (1964)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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