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Elephantaria in Mauretania
Elephantaria in
Mauretania
was an
ancient city
in the
Maghreb
during the
Roman
,
Byzantine
and
Vandal
empires
. It is
shown
on the
Peutinger Table
map
.
Today
,
the city
exists
only as unexcavated
ruins
at
Henchir
, a
suburb
of
Algiers
, and a
titular see
in the
Mauretania Caesariensis
province
of the
Roman Catholic Church
. Until
2020
the
title
was held by
Angelo Moreschi
, of
Ethiopia
.