RUSADIR
RUSADIR (Plin. v. l;
Ῥυσσάδειρον,
Ptol. 4.1.7; Russader, Itin. Ant.), a colonia of Mauretania, situated near Metagonites Prom., which appears sometimes to have been called from the town Rusadir (
Ptol. 4.1.12).
It is represented by the “barádero” of
Melilla, or Spanish penal fortress, on the bight formed between
C. Tres Forcas and the
Mlûia. [
E.B.J]