Souk el Arba
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Euzennat Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Euzennat Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
A Roman camp with baths and associated settlement were identified at modern Souk El Arbaa in Morocco in the late 19th and 20th centuries on high ground occupied by a qubba called "Sidi Aïssa". Although ancient structures and settlement extent identified previously are not visible in modern satellite imagery, the site -- bisected by a rail line predating 1941 and occupied by a cemetery and more recent structures -- can still be correlated closely with previously published photographs and plans. Recent scholarly opinion diverges from that reflected in the Barrington Atlas to lean toward identifying this site with ancient (Vo)psiciana (q.v.), attested by Ptolemy, the Antonine Itinerary, and the Ravenna Cosmographer.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/275725
34.692414, -5.997725
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: centerpoint of ancient site (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Sidi Aïssa (French, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- سوق الأربعاء الغرب (Souk El Arbaa El Gharb: Arabic, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Souk el Arba (French, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Souk el Arba du Rharb (French, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Souq el Arbaâ du Gharb (French, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- None
- Less than certain: (Vo)pisciana same as Souk el Arba (unspecified date range)
fort, settlement, bath, spa
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 28 C4 Souk el Arba
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Souk el Arba, Sidi Aissa
M. Euzennat, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Souk el Arba: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/275725> [accessed: 08 February 2026]
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