*Vanisnesi
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Richard Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
May 29, 2025 01:13 PM
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History
Extensive Roman ruins identified by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas) at a site he called Oum Sekak in the Hassenaoua district of modern Algeria. He estimates the site extent at 13 hectares and reports the remains of a church. An inscription that seems to provide the name of the "genius loci" (Genius Vanisnesi) was found in the vicinity. The site is not clearly visible in twenty-first century aerial/satellite imagery and most of the modern toponymy Gsell provides does not appear in the open-source, digital gazetteers and map tools. The site may now lie under modern development in the area.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305181
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- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Point Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.
- DARMC location 15350 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Vanisnesi (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
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- حسناوة (Hasnaoua: Arabic, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Hassenaoua (Arabic, AD 1800 - AD 1999)
- Oued Dahlia (Arabic, AD 1800 - AD 1999)
- Ouled Aziz (Arabic, AD 1800 - AD 1999)
- Oum Sekak (Arabic, AD 1800 - AD 1999)
- None
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None
church, settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 31 B4 *Vanisnesi
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Oum Sekak
E.W.B. Fentress, DARMC, R. Talbert, Richard Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, '*Vanisnesi: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305181> [accessed: 11 April 2026]
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