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IntersectionLieuAntiquité–Moyen Âge

Region: Tunisie (Centre, gouvernorat de Mahdia)

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El Djem (ancient Thysdrus) is a city in central Tunisia famous for its Roman amphitheater. Ancient sources mention a Jewish community active in proconsular Africa, a region particularly densely populated by Jews in the late Roman period.

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The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document El Djem (Thysdrus) give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day

Sources & resources

  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill
  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan

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