Historical place profile

Unnamed settlement near Sidi Embarek, Algeria

Quarried remains of an ancient settlement of Roman date, recorded by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas), noting possible vestiges of a church. The location should lie within 1 km of the BAtlas coordinates: a point near modern Sidi Embarek.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:188844785
Catalogue ID
pleiades:188844785
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
36.106382, 4.921188
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Quarried remains of an ancient settlement of Roman date, recorded by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas), noting possible vestiges of a church. The location should lie within 1 km of the BAtlas coordinates: a point near modern Sidi Embarek.

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 B4

Source and reuse

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Research path

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