Arris, Batna

Arris
آريس
ⴰⵔⵔⵉⵙ
View of one of the bridges in the city of Arris
Arris
Coordinates: 35°15′N 6°21′E / 35.250°N 6.350°E / 35.250; 6.350Coordinates: 35°15′N 6°21′E / 35.250°N 6.350°E / 35.250; 6.350
Country Algeria
Province Batna
District Arris
Population (2008)
 • Total 30,207
Time zone UTC+1 (West Africa Time)
Climate BSk

Arris (Arabic: آريس‎; Berber languages: ⴰⵔⵔⵉⵙ) is a town in eastern Algeria in its Batna Province.

History

Arris is the chief-town of Gaetuli who rose up against the Romans.[1] After the fall of the Roman empire, Masties became an independent ruler of the Kingdom of the Aures, in which he claimed the title of Imperator during his rule until 516 AD.[2] The region had a relatively autonomous status, ruled by native Berber leaders such as Kusaila and Dihya before the Islamic conquest of North Africa.

On 18 December 1886, a joint municipality of Aurès (Batna Province, Constantine Province) was created during the French Algeria era whose chief town was Arris.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Société archéologique de la province de Constantine (1874). Recueil des notices et mémoires de la Société archélologique de la province de Constantine, Volume 16 (in French). Alessi et Arnolet. p. 131.
  2. ↑ Rousseau, Philip (2012). A Companion to Late Antiquity. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-405-11980-1.
  3. ↑ "Sous-préfectures d'Algérie. Commune mixte puis sous-préfecture d'Arris (1867/1961)" (in French).


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