Byrsa

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Apr 19, 2026 11:06 PM — History

Walled citadel in Carthage built in the early first millennium BCE. The site was destroyed during the Third Punic War in 146 BCE by the forces of Scipio Aemilianus. The hill became the site of the city's forum in the Roman period.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/560130183

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.8526091945, 10.3235170556

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Byrsa (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Βύρσα (Byrsa: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Byrsa (English, modern)
- Byrsa (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Byrsa makes connections with:

Byrsa located at Carthago (unspecified date range)

Byrsa receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fort, tower (deprecated)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Byrsa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/560130183> [accessed: 18 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/560130183 |title=Places: 560130183 (Byrsa) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=May 18, 2026 11:02 am |publisher=Pleiades}}