Rusubbicari
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Location | Algeria |
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Coordinates | 36°48′N 3°34′E / 36.800°N 3.567°ECoordinates: 36°48′N 3°34′E / 36.800°N 3.567°E |
Rusubbicari was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony and Roman town. It has been tentatively identified with ruins at Zemmouri El Bahri, Algeria.[1] The Roman town was in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.[2][3][4]
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The present name is a masculine plural noun, suggesting it may have originally consisted of two or three separate settlements. It seems to a latinization of a Phoenician name including the element rush (Punic: