Historical place profile

Thubursicum Numidarum

Thubursicum Numidarum (now Khamissa, Algeria) is an indigenous site that became a Roman municipium by A.D. 100 (Municipium Ulpium Traianum Augustum Thubursicu).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:305166
Catalogue ID
pleiades:305166
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
36.191019, 7.656275
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Thubursicum Numidarum (now Khamissa, Algeria) is an indigenous site that became a Roman municipium by A.D. 100 (Municipium Ulpium Traianum Augustum Thubursicu).

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 31 H4 Thubursicum Numidarum

Source and reuse

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Research path

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