Sufetula - Early Christian Sufetula / Church of Bellator

Turning right (northeast) from the Forum in Sufetula, we follow a street which passes the foundations of a three-aisled church to the central feature of Early Christian Sufetula, the Church of Bellator. This was the city's first episcopal church, probably built in the fourth century on the site of an ancient temple but set at an angle to the Roman street grid. Originally a three-aisled basilica, it was later enlarged. In the apse (also a later addition) were found remains of an earlier mosaic.