Oum El Abouab

Oum El Abouab also known as Seressi is a town in Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia that is located at 36° 10′ 00″ N, 9° 46′ 20″E. It is at an altitude of 2000m.

Ruins at Oum al abouab.

During the Roman Empire, Henchir-Oum-el-Abouab was known as Seressi and was a municipium[1] (city) of the Roman Province of Africa Proconsularis and flourished from 30BC to 640AD.[2] Ruins at Oum El Abouab include a forum,[3] unidentified public buildings,[4] a theater and an amphitheater.[5]

The town was the site of a World War II battle during the Tunisia Campaign.

References
  1. Seressi (Henchir Oum el-Abouab) at Trismegistos Geo.
  2. About: *Seressi, Henchir-Oum-el-Abouab\.
  3. Anna Leone, Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest (Edipuglia srl, 2007) p84.
  4. Anna Leone, Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest (Edipuglia srl, 2007) p90.
  5. David L. Bomgardner, The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre (Routledge, 2013).

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