Historical place profile
Thamusida
A Roman city located in the province of Mauretania Tingitana, along the road from Tingi to Sala. The city is mentioned by Ptolemy, the Antonine Itinerary, and the Geographer of Ravenna.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:275734
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:275734
- Place type
- fort, fort-2, fortified-settlement, settlement
- Coordinates
- 34.334956, -6.490347
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A Roman city located in the province of Mauretania Tingitana, along the road from Tingi to Sala. The city is mentioned by Ptolemy, the Antonine Itinerary, and the Geographer of Ravenna.
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 28 B5 Thamusida
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.