SIMITTU
SIMITTU (
Σιμίσθου,
Ptol. 4.3.29), called by Pliny (
5.4.4) Simittuense Oppidum, a Roman colony in the interior of Numidia, on the road from Cirta to Carthago, 7 miles to the W. of Bulla Regia. (
Itin. Ant. p. 43.)
There were some mineral waters 5 miles E. of the town (
Ib.).
It lay on the site of the present
Ain Semit, on the
Qued-el-Bull, 2 leagues to the W. of
Bull. [
T.H.D]