Rusuccuru

settlement · 330 BC – 640 AD

The ancient city of Rusuccuru was founded as a Punic settlement on the Oued Sebaou river. In the Roman period, an inscription indicates that Rusuccuru achieved the status of municipium under Septimius Severus, yet some sources continue to refer to it as a colonia.

Coordinates

36.91285, 3.90964

Also known as

Rusuccenses (la), Rusuccvru colon (la), Rusucurium (la), Rusucurium (la), Rvsvccvrv colon̄ (la)

Dating

attested

Sources

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

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