Hippo Regius

[ hip-oh ree-jee-uhs ]

noun

1. a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.

Hippo Regius

/ ˈhɪpəʊ ˈriːdʒɪəs /

noun

1. an ancient Numidian city, adjoining present-day Annaba, Algeria Often shortened toHippo

Example Sentences

After some years of retirement, Augustine made a journey to Hippo Regius, a Roman colony on the River Rubricatus in North Africa, and became a presbyter.

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But an opposing wind brought him back, much against his will, into the harbour of Hippo Regius.

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Bonifacius unsuccessfully opposes the Vandals in Africa; they besiege Hippo Regius.

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Caius Laelius having arrived at Hippo Regius by night, at break of day led his soldiers and mariners in regular array to lay waste the country.

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After despatching a light detachment to tread the footsteps of Gelimer, he advanced, with his whole army, about ten days' march, as far as Hippo Regius, which no longer possessed the relics of St. Augustin.

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