Ruspina
Template:Short description Ruspina was a Phoenician, Carthaginian and Roman town located in Monastir, Tunisia, situated in Roman times in Africa propria, and mentioned by Pliny the Elder and Ptolemy.[1]
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Name
The Phoenician and Punic name <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>ršpn (Script error: No such module "Lang".) or <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>ršpnt (Script error: No such module "Lang".) seems to mean "Angle Cape".Template:Sfnp It was used for the cape and hills at the south end of the Bay of Hammamet and for the main settlement near the cape.Template:Sfnp The Punic name was variously hellenized as Rhouspînon (Template:Langx),[2] Rhouspino, (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[3] Rhouspína (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[4] or Rhoúspina (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[5] but consistently latinized as Ruspina.Template:Sfnp
Geography
The exact location of the city is uncertain. Nathan Davis believes it was located at modern day Monastir. Multiple tombs and ruins have been discovered in this city that may have been part of Ruspina.[6]
History
The Carthaginian town came under Roman hegemony after the Punic Wars. In 46Script error: No such module "String".BC, the town was the first in Africa to ally itself with Julius Caesar during his civil war.[7] The same year, the Battle of Ruspina was a victory for Pompey's ally T. Labienus.
References
Citations
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- ↑ Strabo, Geogr., Book XVII, Ch. iii, §12.
- ↑ Strabo, Geography,§17.3.12
- ↑ Ptol., Geogr., Book IV, Ch. iii, §9.
- ↑ Cass. Dio, Rom. Hist., Book XLII, Ch. lviii, §4.
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- ↑ Jul. Caes., Bell. Afr., Book VI, §7, and Book IX, §1.
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Bibliography
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