Aquae Sirenses prelates summoned to Carthage in 484 by the Vandal king Huneric. The current bishop is Heinrich Janssen, former auxiliary bishop of Münster. Aquae Sirenses Aquae Sirenses (Acque Sirensi), also known as Aquaesirensis, is an ancient Roman colonia and a modern titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in Algeria. The name means Sirens Water, and was a bath town. The ruins of this ancient city are located near the thermal baths of Hammam Bou Hani. There are two known bishops of this ancient diocese. "Honoratus" who represented the Donatists at the Council of Carthage (411). The grave of his sister
Insula (Roman city) Insula (Roman city) An insula (Latin for "island") is a city block in an ancient Roman city plan, i.e. one that is surrounded by four streets. The term was also used for apartment buildings that took up an entire city block. A standard Roman city plan was based on a grid of orthogonal streets and was probably founded on the ancient Greek model of Hippodamus and was used when new cities were established, e.g. in Roman coloniae. The main streets of each city would be the Decumanus Maximus (east–west-oriented) and Cardo Maximus (north–south) which intersected at, or close to, the