Icosium

settlement · 550 BC – 2100 AD

Icosium (modern Algiers) was a Punic and, later, Roman settlement in coastal north Africa. Legend holds that 20 of Herakles' companions founded the original town.

Coordinates

36.76891, 3.05322

Also known as

Alcher (an), Alger (bm), Algiers (af), Algiers (en), Algiers (en), Madīnat al-Dschazā'ir (arq), al-Jazā’ir, Al-Giazar, GdLRGFQ, ʾlǧzʾˈr, AljzA}r (ar), Əlcəzair (az), Алжир (ab), Алжыр (be), الجزائر (ar), الجزائر (ar), مدينة الجزائر‎ (arq), আলজিয়ার্স (bn), ཨཱལ་ཇི་ཡར་སི། (bo), አልጀርስ (am)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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