Bilta

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title: Bilta
text: Bilta also known as Balta or Balţah, is an antique town in northern Tunisia, close to Mateur in today's Bizerte governorate. Its name comes from the Numidian language (Lybico-Berber) root BLT, meaning, filled with water. An inscription in the nearby fundus Aufidianus contains the name of the place: Agricolae in spl(endida) (vel spl/re p Bihensi Bilt[a]. During Vandal and Byzantine times, bishops are attested: in 256 AD, a Caecilius is episcopus in Bilta, in 411, a donatist named Felicianus is in
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description: Place in Tunisia
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