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Madghacen (), also spelled Medracen or Medghassen or Medrassen or Madghis is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berbers Numidians Kings which stands near Batna City city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia, Algeria.Ibn Khaldun and Yassine Bouharrou, History of the Berbers
Though independent, the Numidian kingdom was increasingly involved in Mediterranean power politics, and an architect familiar with classical architecture has surrounded the vertical section of wall at the base with in the Doric order, "heavily proportioned and with smooth shafts, beneath a cavetto cornice". The whole exterior was, and very largely still is, covered with a stone facing, the straight cone of the upper part (except for a flat top) formed into steps, like the Pyramids of Egypt.Lawrence, A. W., Greek Architecture, p. 189, 1957, Penguin, Pelican history of art
Near the time of neighbor King Masinissa and their earliest Roman contacts. Ibn Khaldun said: Madghis is an ancestor of the Berbers of the branch Botr Zenata, Banu Ifran, Maghrawa (Aimgharen), Marinid dynasty, Ziyyanid dynasty, and Wattasid dynasty.Ibn Khaldoun, History of the BerbersGautier, É. F. (1937)
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