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Who would have guessed it?
Nearly 2,000 years ago when Rome ruled the Western world, Britain was run by a Berber governor, one Quintus Lollius Urbicus, who came from Tiddis in Numidia, known today as Constantine in Algeria.
Urbicus was the legate sent by emperor Antoninus Pius to reconquer the lowlands of Scotland, which he did by defeating the local Britons around 140 AD. The Berber governor went on to oversee the building of the Antonine Wall – the bit between the Forth and the Clyde – and his name can be found inscribed on buildings from Balmuildy.
Ckun kan yaɛref?
Qbel waḥed 2000 sna, ki kanet Roma tsayṭer ɛla lɛalem lɣarbi, Britanya kan yeḥkem-ha Amaziɣi, huwa Quintus Lollius Urbicus. Aṣl had lḥakem min Tiddis f Numidya lli maɛrufa lyum b Qsemtina (carq dDzayer)
Urbicus kan mfawwad rasmy beɛtu l’imbrator Antonius Pius bac yesterjaɛ l’aradi lmenxafda dial Scotlanda. Tɣalleb ɛla l’Britons f ḥawali 140 AD. Huwa lli raqeb lbenya dial ḥiṭ Antonine (qetɛa bin l’Forth w l’Clyde). Lasem dial had lḥakem rah menquc ɛla lbenyan lli tabeɛ l naḥyet Balmuildy. Summary translation from Margareta Pagano's article (copy below).
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