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Benseddik, Autels votifs de la région de Sétif: païens ou chrétiens?, Monuments funéraires, institutions autochtones en Afrique du Nord antique et médiévale, VIe Colloque International sur L'Histoire et l'Archéologie de l'Afrique du Nord, Pau, 1993, C.T.H.S. , p.
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The city had also a "Circus"; the approximate location confirmed by old air photographs showing 90% of the circus has now been built over;. Only the southern, curved, end remains visible. The U-shaped formerly visible track was 450 m. long and 70 m. wide.
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