page_title: Gilva, Numidia
hierarchical_section_title: Gilva, Numidia
caption_attribution_description: Detail with Milevi, Hippo Regius and Thagaste of the old map of Numidia From Heinrich Kiepert's Atlas Antiquus, 1869 Source: http://www.gottwein.de/latine/map/afr01_num.php ==
context_page_description: Gilva was a Roman–Berber city in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It flourished during the Roman and Vandal empires. It was located to the south of Hippo Regius in present-day Algeria. The town existed from around 300 to 640AD.
  Gilva is known through the writing of Augustine, over a dispute over an appointment of a bishop to the bishopric seat who was unwanted by the parishioners.
  The town was a colonia and one of 170 bishoprics in Roman North Africa. In 422, there was a local Church synod.
  Roman rule in the city ended in the 7th century with the spread of Islam.
context_section_description: Gilva was a Roman–Berber city in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It flourished during the Roman and Vandal empires. It was located to the south of Hippo Regius in present-day Algeria. The town existed from around 300 to 640AD.
  Gilva is known through the writing of Augustine, over a dispute over an appointment of a bishop to the bishopric seat who was unwanted by the parishioners.
  The town was a colonia and one of 170 bishoprics in Roman North Africa. In 422, there was a local Church synod.
  Roman rule in the city ended in the 7th century with the spread of Islam.
caption: Gilva vicinity
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