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Hippo Regius
Ancient name for the modern city of Annaba, Algeria
Hippo Regius (also known as Hippo or Hippone) is the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba, Algeria.
It served as an important city for the Phoenicians, Berbers, Romans, and Vandals.
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Hippo was the capital city of the Vandal Kingdom from AD 435 to 439. when it was shifted to Carthage following the Vandal capture of Carthage in 439.
It was the focus of several early Christian councils and home to Augustine of Hippo, a Church Father highly important in Western Christianity.[a]
History
Further information: Maghreb placename etymology
Hippo is the latinization of ʿpwn (Punic: 𐤏𐤐𐤅𐤍), probably related to the word ûbôn, meaning "harbor".
The town was first settled by Phoenicians from Tyre around the 12th century BC. To distinguish it from Hippo Diarrhytus (the modern Bizerte, in Tunisia), the Romans later referred to it as Hippo Regius ("the Royal Hippo") because it was one o