Historical place profile
Musti
Musti was a Roman municipium located along the road from Carthage to Tebessa. The site, known in modern times as Henchir Mest or Henchir Mist, lies just east of the modern town of El Krib in Tunisia's Siliana governorate.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:315085
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:315085
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.336583, 9.144055
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Musti was a Roman municipium located along the road from Carthage to Tebessa. The site, known in modern times as Henchir Mest or Henchir Mist, lies just east of the modern town of El Krib in Tunisia's Siliana governorate.
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 D4 Musti
Source and reuse
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Research path
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