Historical place profile
Siagu
An ancient settlement in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. It was located at a site known today as Ksar el-Zit, which is in the vicinity of Bir Bou Rekba to the northwest of Hammamet, Tunisia.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:315151
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:315151
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.433990, 10.590900
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. It was located at a site known today as Ksar el-Zit, which is in the vicinity of Bir Bou Rekba to the northwest of Hammamet, 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 G4 Siagu
Source and reuse
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Research path
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