(Vo)pisciana

Historical description

The Antonine Itinerary attests to a station "Vopiscianis" (GeogRav "Bobiscianis") on the route from Tocolosida (modern Bled Takourart in Morocco) to Tingi (modern Tangier). Ptolemy's "Piskiana" would seem to reference the same feature or a nearby settlement associated with the road station. Various suggestions have been made by modern scholars for its identification with a suitable archaeological site or ruin in the area; the current communis opinio holds for Souq el Arbaâ du Gharb (see Souk el Arba).

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 Pisciana

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