# Thibaris

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**Thibaris** was a town in the late [Roman province](/source/Roman_province) of [Africa Proconsularis](/source/Africa_Proconsularis).

## Location

An inscription fixes the exact site at the [ruins](/source/Ruins) now called Henshir Hamamet, in a plain watered by the Wady [Tibar](/source/Tibar_River), which has retained the name of the town. These ruins are situated about five miles north-east of [Djebba](/source/Djebba), near the Djebel Gorra Tunaiai. There are galena and calamine mines at [Djebba](/source/Djebba). The former were worked even in ancient times and are mentioned in a letter from Saint [Cyprian](/source/Cyprian) to the faithful of Thibaris (Ep. lvi). The chief ruins are those of an [aqueduct](/source/Aqueduct_(bridge)) and a [Christian church](/source/Church_building).[1]

## Bishopric

The bishopric of Thibaris was a [suffragan see](/source/Suffragan_see) of the [metropolitan see](/source/Metropolitan_see) of [Carthage](/source/Carthage), the capital of the province.[2]

Two bishops of Thibaris are known:[1]

- Vincent, present at the Council of Carthage in 256;
- Victor, at the Conference of Carthage in 411, where his rival was the [Donatist](/source/Donatism), Victorian.

## References

1. *Annuario Pontificio 2013* (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 988

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