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The ancient city of Rusuccuru was founded as a Punic settlement on the Oued Sebaou river. In the Roman period, an inscription indicates that Rusuccuru achieved the status of municipium under Septimius Severus, yet some sources continue to refer to it as a colonia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295334

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.9128545, 3.9096445

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 14545 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Rusuccuru (330 BC - AD 640)
- Rvsvccvrv colon̄ (Rusuccvru colon: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Rusucurium (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
Ethnic Names:
- Rusuccenses (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)

Rusuccuru makes connections with:

Rusuccuru located on Addume (river) (unspecified date range)
Rusuccuru next place in route Iomnium (30 BC - AD 640)
Rusuccuru next place in route Tigisi (30 BC - AD 640)

Rusuccuru receives connections from:

Cissi next place in route Rusuccuru (30 BC - AD 640)

Place type:
settlement

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 30 G3 Rusuccuru

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dellys

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Suggested citation:
T.W. Potter, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Rusuccuru: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295334> [accessed: 05 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295334 |title=Places: 295334 (Rusuccuru) |author=Potter, T. |accessdate=December 5, 2025 1:35 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}