RUSICADE
RUSICADE (
Plin. Nat. 5.2; Mela, 1.7.1;
Ῥουσίκαδα,
Ptol. 4.3.3; Rusiccade, Itin. Ant., Peut. Tab.), the harbour of Cirta in Numidia and a Roman colonia, at the mouth of the small river
THAPSUS (Vib. Seq.
de Flum. p. 19:
U. Safsa), and probably therefore identical with the
THAPSA (
Θάψα), a harbour-town, of Scylax (p. 50). Its site is near
Stora; and the modern town of
Philippeville the
Râs-Skîkda, of the Arabs, is made in part of the materials of the old Rusicade (Barth,
Wanderungen, p. 66).
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E.B.J]
