Thibilis

Thibilis was a Roman and Byzantine era town in what was Numidia but is today northeast Algeria [1]. The site has extensive Roman and Byzantine ruins [1]. The numerous Latin inscriptions discovered on the site of Thibilis provided indications on the status and magistrates of this city: during the Early Empire, Thibilis was first a pagus dependent on the Cirtaian confederacy which united Cirta, Rusicade, Chullu and Milève [1]. Enjoying a certain autonomy, the city was administered by two magistri of annual mandate, assisted by one or two aediles [1]. Thibilis gained the rank of municipality headed by two duumviri between 260 and 268 which corresponds to the period estimated for the dissolution of the confederacy [1].