{{short description|Former Roman Berber civitas and archaeological site in Tunisia}} [[File:Roman Empire - Africa Proconsularis (125 AD).svg|thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)]] '''Henchir-Aïn-Dourat''', also known as ''Ad-Duwayrat'' or ''Henchir Durat'', is a former Roman–Berber civitas and archaeological site in Tunisia. It is located at 36.767496n, 9.524142e, in the hills just north of Toukabeur and {{Convert|15.3|km|abbr=on}} from Majāz al Bāb. It was an ancient Catholic diocese.

==History== The ruins have been identified as the remains of Uccula a municipium of the province of Africa Proconsularis during the Roman Empire,<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1899.htm Titular Episcopal See of Uccula ].</ref><ref>Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 32 E3</ref> and which was active from 330 BC – AD 640. The ruins at Henchir-Aïn-Dourat have been surveyed,<ref>René Cagnat & Salomon Reinach, Découvertes de villes nouvelles en Tunisie ''Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres'' (1885) Vol.29, Num,3 pp. 252-260.</ref> and include a statue of mars.<ref>Abdellatif Mrabet, ''In Africa and in Hispania'' (Edicions Universitat Barcelona, 2007 ) p176.</ref> An inscription in the ruins honors Constantine as "beyond the other emperors" and "unconquered".<ref>Raymond Van Dam, ''Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge'' (Cambridge University Press, 29 April 2011) p171.</ref> and another earlier in its history honours Divus Titus.<ref>Duncan Fishwick, ''The Imperial Cult in the Latin West'' (BRILL, 2002) p199.</ref>

Before the Romans the town <ref>Mark Vessey, ''A Companion to Augustine'' (John Wiley & Sons, 21 May 2012 ) p24.</ref> was in the tribal area of the ''Afri'', a Berber confederation.

The civitas was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric, which survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/titulare_u.htm |title=Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze |access-date=2017-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005192334/http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/titulare_u.htm |archive-date=2018-10-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1899.htm Uccula] at 'gcatholic.org</ref>

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