Hippo Regius
Americannoun
noun
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He abandoned his secular ambitions, returned to Africa and became the bishop of the city of Hippo Regius.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
But an opposing wind brought him back, much against his will, into the harbour of Hippo Regius.
From History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War by Dewing, H. B.
The fertile coast tract between Hippo Regius and the straits is likely to have been occupied at various points from an early period.
From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George
In 391 he became a presbyter, and in 394 bishop of Hippo Regius, a small town in North Africa.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
After despatching a light detachment to tread the footsteps of Gelimer, he advanced, with his whole army, about ten days' march, as far as Hippo Regius, which no longer possessed the relics of St. Augustin.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Milman, Henry Hart
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