Calama (Numidia)
 Calama: Roman theatre | |
  Shown within Algeria | |
| Location | Algeria |
|---|---|
| Region | Guelma Province |
| Coordinates | 36°28′02″N 7°25′48″E / 36.467313°N 7.430052°E |
Calama was a colonia in the Roman province of Numidia situated where Guelma in Algeria now stands.[1]
G. Mokhtar places it just within the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, to the east of Numidia,[2] but it is generally believed to have been in Numidia,[3][4][5][6] a province created probably in 198–199.[2]
History[]
Calama was founded by the Phoenicians and called Malaka, similar[7] to their colony Malake (Punic: