Tablensis
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| Location | Algeria |
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| Coordinates | 36°24′43″N 3°41′26″E / 36.412°N 3.690556°E |
Tabala or Tablensis was an ancient city in the Roman-Berber province of Mauretania Caesariensis in modern Algeria. It was a Latin Catholic diocese.
Tabla was founded during the Roman Empire and lasted until the coming of Islam in the early 7th century.
Known as Tablensis, the settlement was founded as a fort on the limes. McCarthy[1] calls it "Tablat, the ... capital of a military march, under the Romans in the fifth century, near the Isseur, on the road to Auzia (Aumale) to Icosium (Algiers)."[2] The name Tablatensis derives from the Latin word for barracks or Roman garrison.[3] This may indicate a connection to its location on the Limes road.
From 429 to 533 the town was in Vandal dominion, and in 533 was taken by the Byzantine Empire. In 647 the settlement fell to the invading Umayyad Caliphate armies. A town named "Tablata" in Spain was founded by the Saracens, during the conquest of Spain in 711 which may suggest that men of Tabla or Tablata were part of this army.[4]