Thenae

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Thenae
Thaena or Thaenae
Thenae is located in Tunisia
Thenae
Shown within Tunisia
LocationSfax Governorate, Tunisia
Coordinates34°41′14.4″N 10°43′13.8″E / 34.687333°N 10.720500°E / 34.687333; 10.720500Coordinates: 34°41′14.4″N 10°43′13.8″E / 34.687333°N 10.720500°E / 34.687333; 10.720500
TypeSettlement

Thenae or Thenai (Ancient Greek: Θεναί), also written Thaena and Thaenae, was a Carthaginian and Roman town (civitas) located in or near Thyna, now a suburb of Sfax on the Mediterranean coast of southeastern Tunisia.[1]

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The city was founded with the Punic name tʿynt (Punic: