Tipasa in Numidia

Tipasa, distinguished as Tipasa in Numidia, was a town in the Roman province of Numidia in North Africa. Its ruins are located 957 m above sea level near present-day Tifesh in Constantine Province, Algeria, 88 km south of Annaba.

History
Tipasa was a Carthaginian trading post under the name  (meaning "place of passage" or "stopover" ). It was connected with the port Hippo Regius by a road; they struck their coins in common.

It was taken over by the Roman Republic at some point after the Punic Wars.



Ruins
The chief ruin is Tipasa's extensive fortress, which had walls 3 m thick.