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See also:CIRTA (mod. See also:Constantine, q.v.) , an See also:ancient See also:city of See also:Numidia, in See also:Africa, in the See also:country of the Massyli . It was regarded by the See also:Romans as the strongest position in Numidia, and was made by them the converging point of all their See also:great military roads in that country . By the See also:early emperors it was allowed to fall into decay, but was afterwards restored by See also:Constantine, from whom it took its See also:modern name . |
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