Henchir-Bez

Henchir Bez is an archaeological site in Tunisia,[1] located at 36° 00′ 23″ N, 9° 32 in the hills overlooking the Oued Miliane river,[2][3] west of Tunis.

[4][5][6] Identified by a recently discovered inscription,[7][8] it is the ruins of the Roman civitas of Vazi Sarra,[9][10][11][12] which include a Christian Basilica and a Byzantine/Roman fort.

[13] The ruins at Henchir Bez have been identified as the remains of Vazitana Sarra Civitas (Vazi Sarara),[14] a civitas of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis.

The name Vazitana Sarra Civitas is supported by recent epigraphical finds[19] The ancient Roman town of Vazi-Sarra was also the seat of an ancient Catholic Bishopric.

It existed until the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, and is now a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.