(125 AD) During the
Roman Empire, Botriana was a
civitas in the
Roman province of
Africa Proconsolaris. The town was known to have flourished from 30BC to about AD640. The town was also the
seat of an
ancient Catholic bishopric, suffragan to
Archdiocese of Carthage. Only one bishop from ancient Botriana is known and that was the
Donatist Bishop Donatus who represented the bishopric at the
Council of Carthage (411). He claimed there was no Catholic competitor in his diocese. Today Botriana survives as
titular bishopric and the current bishop is
Renzo Fratini, of
Spain and
Andorra. ==References==