Vageata ulikuwa ni mji wa kale katika Dola la Roma, ambamo waliishi jamii ya Waberberi. Mji huu ulikuwa katika jimbo la kirumi la Mauretania Caesariensis. Pia mji huu huitwa Bagatensis, Historical-Portable Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Sacred Geography, 1759 p733. Vageatensis Leslie Dossey, Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa (University of California Press, 2010) p205. Jesper Carlsen, Vilici and Roman Estate Managers Until AD 284, Part 284 (L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER, 1995) p81-82.