Rusazus?
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
May 12, 2025 09:52 AM
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History
Ancient Rusazus is probably to be identified with the modern coastal town of Azeffoun in Algeria's Tizi Ouzou province (formerly Port-Gueydon) where some Roman remains have been discovered over the years.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305138
36.8930725, 4.4203917
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM Location: modern Azeffoun (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Rvsazv Mvnicipivm (Rusazu Municipium: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Rusazus (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
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- Less than certain: أزفون (Azeffoun: Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Less than certain: Port-Gueydon (French, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Rusazus? next place in route Saldae (30 BC - AD 550)
- Iomnium next place in route Rusazus? (30 BC - AD 640)
- Rusippisir next place in route Rusazus? (30 BC - AD 640)
settlement, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 31 A3 Rusazus?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Azeffoun
E.W.B. Fentress, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Rusazus?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305138> [accessed: 11 February 2026]
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