During
antiquity The city was a
municipium of the
Roman province of
Africa Proconsularis called
Municipium Auralia Vina. The ruins include an amphitheatre dedicated to
Marcus Aurelius and
Lucius Verus. During the
Byzantine and
Roman Empires Vina was also the
seat of an ancient Christian
episcopal see, suffragan to the
Archdiocese of Carthage. Four
bishops are attributable to Vina. • Faustino participated in the Cabarsussi Council, held in 393 by
Maximianus, a dissident sect of the
Donatists, and signed the Acts of that council. • At the
Council of Carthage (411), the
Catholic Vittore attended. The town had no Donatist as Faustino had died five years earlier (406). • Cresconio attended the
Council of Carthage (525) and • Fruttuoso the anti-
Monothelitism Council of Carthage (646). • Vina survives today as a
titular bishopric and the current bishop is
Anton Jamnik, of
Ljubljana. ==References==