Sufetula
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified
Jun 04, 2026 09:59 AM
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History
Sufetula, the modern Sbeitla, was founded in the later first century A.D. and was located at a major road junction.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/324816
35.2410333951, 9.11898906346
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Roman Ruins of Sbeitla (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Sufetula connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Sufetula connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Amphitheater of Sbeitla located at Sufetula (unspecified date range)
- Arch of Diocletian located at Sufetula (unspecified date range)
- Roman forum of Sbeitla located at Sufetula (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater at Sufetula located at Sufetula (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
- See Further:
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- AAT II 48.18
- BAtlas 33 D2 Sufetula
- Barbery 1982
- CIL VIII suppl. 1, 11340
- Duval 1990
- Duval and Baratte 1973
- EncAncHist Sufetula (Sbeitla)
- Hitchner 1982
- New Pauly Sufetula
- PECS (Perseus) SUFETULA (Sbeitla) Tunisia
- Wikipedia (English) Archaeological site of Sbeitla
- Wikipedia (English) Sbeitla
- Wikipedia (French) Site archéologique de Sbeïtla
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 33 D2 Sufetula
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sbeitla
R.B. Hitchner, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Sufetula: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/324816> [accessed: 19 July 2026]
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