Madauros

Madauros
Ruins of Madauros
Location within Algeria
36.076667°N 7.82°E / 36.076667; 7.82
Location	Algeria
Region	Souk Ahras Province

Madauros (Madaurus, Madaura) was a Roman-Berber city and a former diocese of the Catholic Church in the old state of Numidia, in present-day Algeria. It had one of the oldest universities, The University of Madaurus is often considered one of the earliest, if not the oldest, centers of higher learning in North Africa and the first in Africa, dating back to the Roman era (around 75 BC to 2nd century AD).