- Zarai
Zarai is a titular see of
Numidia inAfrica , mentioned by the "Itinerarium Antonini", 35, and by the "Tabula Peutingerii". Ptolemy [IV. 2.] calls it Zaratha, and wrongly places it inMauretania Caesariensis .It is probably the Zaratha of
Apuleius [Apologia, 23.] . These two forms and the term "Zaraitani" found in an inscription [Corp. Inscript. Lat. 4511.] seem to indicate that the name Zarai which appears on another inscription [Corp. Inscript. 2532.] must have lost a final dental letter.The ruins of Zarai, called Henshir Zaria, to the south-east of
Setif in Algeria, crown an eminence which commands all the country on the left bank of theOued Taourlatent , which the Arabs in the Middle Ages called Oued Zaraoua; remains in theMiddle Ages called Oued Zaraoua; remains of a Byzantine citadel and of two Christian basilicas are yet visible.Two bishops of Zarai are known: Cresconius, present at the
Conference of Carthage (411) , where he had as a rival theDonatist Rogatus ; andAdeodatus , exiled byHuneric after theConference of Carthage (484) , and who died in exile.Notes
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