Sidi Medien

Sidi Medien is a village in Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia.[1]

Sidi Medien today.
Sidi medien

The town formerly known as Vallis under the French is on the A3 motorway from Tunisia, and has a mosque, and the remains of a Roman Theater.[2] A number of Roman Inscriptions can be found near the theater.[3] The Roman era city appears to have been a colonia, by the name of Vallitanus.[4]

References
  1. http://tn.geoview.info/sidi_medien,1390303177n
  2. VALLES, Vallis, Henchir Sidi Median (Africa Proconsularis).
  3. Frank Sear, Roman Theatres: An Architectural Study (OUP Oxford, 2006) p289.
  4. Vallitanus.

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