Sufetula

Translingual thumb Etymology mul Proper noun 1 f genus family Crambidae certain moths Hyponyms genus Sufetula sunidesalis species - type species; Sufetula albicans species, Sufetula alychnopa species, Sufetula bilinealis species, Sufetula brunnealis species, Sufetula carbonalis species, Sufetula chagosalis species, Sufetula choreutalis species, Sufetula cyanolepis species, Sufetula dematrialis species, Sufetula diminutalis species, Sufetula dulcinalis species, Sufetula flexalis species, Sufetula grumalis species, Sufetula hemiophthalma species, Sufetula hypochiralis species, Sufetula hypochropa species, Sufetula melanophthalma species, Sufetula metallias species, Sufetula minimalis species, Sufetula minuscula species, Sufetula nigrescens species, Sufetula nitidalis species, Sufetula obliquistrialis species, Sufetula polystrialis species, Sufetula rectifascialis species, Sufetula sacchari species, Sufetula sufetuloides species, Sufetula sythoffi species, Sufetula trichophysetis species - other species Further reading Sufetula (moth) Sufetula (moth) 1 1 English Etymology en Proper noun en history An ancient Roman and Byzantine town in the North African province Creta et Cyrenaica, near present-day Sbeitla, Tunisia. en 1789 w:Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 5 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fAFAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA238&dq=%22Sufetula%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Bq7oU4iILNXqoASV-IGoBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Sufetula%22&f=false 238 1866 The præfect himself was slain by the hand of Zobeir: his daughter, who sought revenge and death, was surrounded and made prisoner; and the fugitives involved in their disaster the town of Sufetula, to which they escaped from the sabres and lances of the Arabs. en 2007 Gareth Sears Late Roman African Urbanism: Continuity and transformation in the city 55 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XjJmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sufetula%22&dq=%22Sufetula%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Bq7oU4iILNXqoASV-IGoBg&redir_esc=y Its presence in the very centre of the town certainly emphasises the dominance of Christianity at Sufetula from at least the fourth century onwards. en 2010 Donna Wheeler; Paul Clammer; Emilie Filou Tunisia Lonely Planet http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7RO1b2LvcisC&pg=PA176&dq=%22Sufetula%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Bq7oU4iILNXqoASV-IGoBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Sufetula%22&f=false 176 Out in the middle of nowhere on the plains 107km southwest of Kairouan and 38km east of Kasserine, Sbeitla is home to the evocative ancient town of Sufetula, famous for its remarkably preserved Roman temples. Latin Etymology la Proper noun Sufetula<1.loc> la town cont/Africa, now Sbeitla Declension Sufetula<1.loc> References la Tunisia