[1] The town is located on the site of the Ancient Roman African city and former bishopric Bararus, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
A veteran of this city is mentioned in a list of soldiers from Nicopolis, a Roman garrison suburb of Alexandria, Egypt, recruited in Africa province.
[10] The city was also the seat of an ancient bishopric, like many suffragan of the Metropolitan of Carthage, in the papal sway, and like most also destined to fade, presumably at the advent of Islam.
It was vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank: Rougga is the site of Henchir-Ronga, which comprises numerous ruins of the Roman era.
[15][16] The layout of the Roman town "is organized around a forum[17] dominated by two temples.... also two large semi circular Cisterns, an amphitheater set in an abandoned quarry, a theater with extensive outbuildings, and a paved domus [house] with remarkable mosaics.