TAGASTE
TAGASTE or
TAGESTENSE OPP. (
Plin. Nat. 5.4. s. 4), a town of Numidia, whose spot is now marked by the ruins at
Tajilt on the
Oued Hamise or
Sugerast, a tributary of the river
Mejerda. (
Itin. Ant. p. 44.) Tagaste is particularly distinguished by having been the birthplace of St. Augustine. (Aug.
Conf. 2.3.)
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