Feradi maius


Pheradi Majius is a locality and archaeological site in Tunisia located at 36.250003°N 10.397047°E near the modern town of Sidi Khalifa in Sousse Governorate, Tunisia that is located at 36° 14′ 58″ N, 10° 23′ 57″E.
During the Roman Empire, Sidi Khelifa was known as Pheradi Majus and was a civitas of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis and flourished within the empire 30BC to 640AD.
Remains at Pheradi include temples, a bath-house, triumphal arch, an amphitheatre. and capitol building.
The site is near Bouficha, Sousse Governorate.

History

Feradi Maggiore, is an archaeological site is located near the village of Sidi Khelifa near the city of Bouficha in the governorate of Sousse, Tunisia.
During the Roman Empire it was a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena. Its existence dates back at least to the third century BC. The city became municipality under Marcus Aurelius then Roman colony before being abandoned towards the 12th century. The name of the city was identified thanks to a Latin text of a dedication to Neptune Augustus for the salvation of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius and which was signed by a local notable named Marcus Barigbalus Pheraditanus Majus.

Ruins

The ruins include a forum, triumphal arch and church buildings.
The most important monuments of the site were built between the end of the 2nd century and the beginning of the 3rd century:
The ancient town was also the cathedra of the Diocese of Feradi Maggiore a home suppressed and titular of the Catholic Church.
Only two documented bishops of Feradi Maggiore are known.
Today Feradi Major survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Estevam Santos Silva Filho of San Salvador.