Thibaris
Thibaris was a town in the late Roman province of Africa Proconsularis.Location
An inscription fixes the exact site at the ruins now called Henshir Hamamet, in a plain watered by the Wady Tibar, which has retained the name of the town. These ruins are situated about five miles north-east of Djebba, near the Djebel Gorra Tunaiai. There are galena and calamine mines at Djebba. The former were worked even in ancient times and are mentioned in a letter from Saint Cyprian to the faithful of Thibaris. The chief ruins are those of an aqueduct and a Christian church.Bishopric
The bishopric of Thibaris was a suffragan see of the metropolitan see of Carthage, the capital of the province.
Two bishops of Thibaris are known:
