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Tiddis (or Castellum Tidditanorum) is a Roman city that depended on Cirta, it is located on the territory of the current commune of Bni Hamden in the Constantine Province in Algeria.

Tiddis is an authentic Berber site called Res eddar or the peak of the House located in the Gorge of the Khreneg. It marks the presence of an old Berber civilization through rock art inscriptions and Berber pottery. Tiddis was modified by the Romans and arranged according to their system of urbanization.

This prosperous town, established on a plateau, had a monumental gate, baths, industrial facilities (tanneries), a sanctuary to Mithras dating back to the 4th century BC, and also a Christian Chapel.

Castles and water tanks of all forms remind us that the city has gradually been abandoned because it lacked sources. One can admire the mausoleum that Quintus Lollius Urbicus, a native of Tiddis and son of a Berber landowner then became prefect of Rome.

Framous people

 * Quintus Lollius Urbicus