Icosium

Icosium - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Icosium (Punic: ʾj ksm, lit. island of the owls, ) was a Phoenician and Punic settlement in modern-day Algeria. It was part of Numidia and later became an important Roman colonyDetailed map of Mauretania Caesariensis and an early medieval bishopric (now a Latin titular see) in the casbah area of modern Algiers.Roots of Algiers (in French) Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: None

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