MEMBRE´SA
MEMBRE´SA (
Μέμβρησα), a town of the proconsular province, the position of which is fixed by Procopius (
B. V. 2.15) at 350 stadia from Carthage. Membressa (Membrissa,
Peut. Tab.), as it is called in the Antonine Itinerary, was a station between Musti, and Silicibba, and a place of some importance in ecclesiastical history. (Morcelli,
Africa Christiana, vol. i. p. 223.)
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