Lixus

settlement · 750 BC – 640 AD

Lixus was an ancient settlement of Mauretania Tingitana. It was founded as a Punic port settlement as early as the eighth century B.C. Under the Roman emperor Claudius Lixus was elevated to the rank of colonia.

Coordinates

35.20024, -6.10995

Also known as

Aulucus, Lixitai, Lixos (grc), Λίξος (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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