Sentence examples for Hippo Regius from inspiring English sources
Hippo Regius later became a centre of Christian thought, housing the Council of Hippo (393 ce) and forming the bishopric of St. Augustine (396 430).
It passed to the Romans as Hippo Regius, was the residence of the Numidian kings, and achieved independence after the Punic Wars (264 146 bce).
Hippo, also called Hippo Regius, ancient port on the coast of North Africa, located near the modern town of Annaba (formerly Bône) in Algeria.
The next largest was Leptis Magna (80,000), followed by Hadrumetum, Thysdrus (El-Djem, Tunisia), Hippo Regius, and Cirta, with 20,000 to 30,000 each.
Destroyed by the Vandals in 431, Hippo Regius passed to the Byzantine emperor Justinian in 533, and about two centuries later (697) it was overcome by Arabs.
One of the more important was Hippo Diarrhytus (Bizerte, Banzart), whose natural advantages as a port were utilized at an early date; another Hippo, later called Hippo Regius (Bône; modern Annaba, Algeria), was also probably of Carthaginian origin.
While preparing Physiologia (Regius 1641a), Regius sent advance copies of draft disputations to Descartes.
Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh.
Regius professor of engineering, Cambridge University engineering department.
