Tiddis Ruins
The ruins of Tiddis, a Roman town built in terraces on a steep hillside in Beni Hamiden. Visitors can walk freely among the old stone streets and buildings and enjoy wide views over the countryside.
Tiddis, a Numidian and then Roman town, covers 40 hectares of the commune of Beni Hamiden, about 30 km from Constantine.
The Romans called it Castellum Tidditanorum, a fortified outpost that protected Cirta. Local people later called it Ksantina el Kdima, "old Constantine".
Visitors find a Roman arch at the entrance of the town, cisterns that collected rainwater and Christian remains.
About 3 km north of Tiddis stands the round tomb of the family of Quintus Lollius Urbicus, a native of Tiddis. Under the emperor Antoninus Pius, Lollius Urbicus governed Britain and was charged with building the wall now called the Antonine Wall.
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