Zucchabar

settlement · 330 BC – 2099 AD

Zucchabar was an ancient city of Mauretania Caesariensis with Punic origins. The modern Algerian community of Miliana lies atop and around the largely unexcavated ancient site. Epigraphic evidence indicates that the Roman emperor Augustus established a veteran colony there.

Coordinates

36.30478, 2.22619

Also known as

Succhabar (la), Succhabar (la), Zouchábbari, Zouchabbari (grc), colonia Iulia Augusta Z(uccabar) (la), colonia Iulia Augusta Z(uccabar) (la), municipium Sugabarritanum (la), municipium Sugabarritanum, Sugarbarritanum (municipium) (la), Ζουχάββαρι (grc)

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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