Thagaste

Thagastehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagaste Thagaste (ko Tagaste) birni ne na Roman-Berber a cikin Aljeriya ta yau, wanda yanzu ake kira Souk Ahras. Garin shine mahaifar Saint Augustine.Catholic Encyclopedia

 Tarihi\Asali 
Thagaste asalin wani ƙaramin ƙauyen Numidia ne, ƙabilar Berber ne ke zaune a cikinsa wanda aka haifi Augustine na Hippo a cikin AD 354. Mahaifiyarsa Saint Monica Kirista ce kuma mahaifinsa Patricius (da tushen Roman) da farko arne ne wanda daga baya ya karɓi Kiristanci.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo 

Birnin yana cikin tsaunukan arewa maso gabas na Numidia. Tana da nisan mil 60 (kilomita 97) daga Hippo Regius, (Annaba ta zamani), mil 20 (kilomita 32) kudu maso yamma na Thubursicum (Khamissa), da kusan mil 150 (kilomita 240) daga Carthage (a bakin tekun Tunisiya). Itacen zaitun da aka yi imani da cewa Saint Augustine ne ya shuka shi Thagaste yana cikin yanki mai cike da gandun daji.https://archive.org/details/AtlasAntiquus-Kiepert

A zamanin da, wannan yanki ya yi suna saboda tuddai, waɗanda aka yi amfani da su a matsayin katangar halitta don yaƙi da mahara daban-daban na ƙasashen waje, ciki har da Rumawa, Rumawa, Vandals, da Umayyawa.http://www.cassiciaco.it/navigazione/africa/ago_citta/tagaste/tagaste.html

A lokacin zamanin Romawa, ciniki ya ƙaru a cikin birni, wanda ya bunƙasa musamman a ƙarƙashin mulkin Septimius Severus. Thagaste ya zama gundumar Roma a ƙarni na farko na mamayar Romawa. Pliny the Elder ya ambaci birnin.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Braudel

A matsayinsa na gundumomi, ƴan ƙalilan Roman Italiya baƙi ne suka zaunar da Thagaste, amma ƴan asalin Berbers ne suka fi zama a ƙasar. Hakika, ɗan tarihi na Romawa Plinius (V,4,4) ya rubuta cewa Tagaste wata muhimmiyar cibiyar Kirista ce a Afirka ta Roma. Tana da basilica da diocese na Roman Katolika, wanda ƙarshensa shine mafi mahimmanci a cikin Numidia na Byzantine. Akwai bishop uku na Thagaste da aka sani ga tarihi: Saint Firminus, Saint Alypius (aboki Saint Augustine), da Saint Gennarus.

Attajirai da masu iko Valeria, daga baya a karkashin Saint Melania, sun mallaki wani kadara a kusa da su wanda ya kasance mai girman gaske kuma yana da mahimmanci har ya haɗa da manyan majami'u biyu, ɗaya na Cocin Katolika, ɗayan na Donatists. Wasu daga cikin dakunan villa "cika da zinariya" . 

Akwai al'adar da Saint Augustine ya yi tunani a ƙarƙashin itacen zaitun a kan tudun Thagaste: wannan bishiyar har yanzu tana nan kuma ita ce wurin haɗuwa har ma a yanzu ga mabiyan ruhaniya na Augustinian. Rumawa sun gina birnin da katanga. Ya fada hannun Khalifancin Umayyawa a karshen karni na bakwai. Bayan shekaru aru-aru da aka yi sakaci, ‘yan mulkin mallaka na Faransa sun sake gina birnin, wanda a yanzu ake kira Souk Ahras.

 Karin bayanai 
A halin yanzu, masana kimiyya da masu bincike daga tsibirin Canary (Spain) sun danganta Tagaste zuwa Tegueste. Ƙarshen ya samo asali ne daga *tegăsət, wanda ke nufin "danshi" kuma asalinsa ne na Guanche, wanda ke da asalin Berber.

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