Augustine in Africa: scenes of Hippo/Annaba

Scenes of Hippo/Annaba

The following images come from our visit to the site of ancient Hippo Regius, located about two miles from the center of modern Annaba. For more on the city, see C. Lepelley, Cités de l'Afrique Romaine au bas-empire (1979), for historical analysis, and Erwan Marec, Hippone le Royale (1954) and Monuments chrétiens d'Hippone (1958).

View of the modern basilica from the Christian quarter of the ancient site.	View of the forum	Another view of the forum
Another view of the forum	Professor Robert Markus with our guide in the forum, the recently retired local director of antiquities	In the Christian quarter, Hippo
In the Christian quarter	In the Christian quarter	In the Christian quarter
The large Christian basilica	The large Christian basilica	The large Christian basilica, with visitor
The apse of the basilica	Another view of the apse	View from the apse out over the nave
Another view from the apse	Prof. Serge Lancel in the apse of Augustine's basilica	Stone carving among the church buildings at Hippo
Courtyard of the museum of antiquities, Hippo	Priest sacrificing in carved relief, Hippo	Closeup of previous item
Text: IOVI OPTIMO MAXIMO -- "to Juppiter, the best, the greatest"	Long view of the archaeological site and the basilica, taken from S. Ferdi, Augustin: de retour en Afrique (Fribourg 2001) -- a very handsome and valuable collection of photos of Augustine's Africa.	Shrine in the modern basilica at Hippo containing the elbow sent from Pavia in 1842.
The elbow sent from Pavia in 1842	Stained glass in the modern basilica (of the most often illustrated story [apocryphal] in Augustine's life	View from the front steps of the modern basilica showing the archaeological site of the Christian quarter in the foreground. The road beyond the site roughly delineates the ancient seashore, but n.b. the proximity to the sea in the background.

Churchwarden at the modern basilica

Associate churchwarden