Historical place profile

Hippo Diarrhytus

Hippo Diarrhytus was an ancient port located on the coast of North Africa. The site is now occupied by the city of Bizerte in Tunisia.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:315038
Catalogue ID
pleiades:315038
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
37.276147, 9.873108
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Hippo Diarrhytus was an ancient port located on the coast of North Africa. The site is now occupied by the city of Bizerte in Tunisia.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 32 E2 Hippo Diarrhytus

Source and reuse

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Research path

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