Tubusuctu

Tubusuctu also known as Colonia Iulia Augusta Legionis VII, was a Roman colony founded by Augustus for military veterans and known for its olive oil.

The town is located at 36.667565, 4.8462225 near El Ksour, Algeria and flourised from 330 BC - AD 640.

The town lies in a valley on the left bank of the Soummam, occupying an eminence and the plain running along it on S and E, where there are still vestiges of ramparts. The ruins have suffered from the cultivation of the region. To the S of the eminence are important baths, 50 m square in plan. To the N, in the center of the ruins, and to the E are the remains of immense cisterns. The N cisterns, fed by an aqueduct coming from the W, measure 35.5 x 77 m and are made up of 15 connected basins; the vaults were semicircular in section and there were interior and exterior buttresses. The ruins of the E cistern, fed by an aqueduct leading from the S, crossing the river via a bridge now gone, are confused and disjointed. Not all the important waterworks appear to be contemporary; it seems that the military importance of the site, in a region where there were numerous revolts in the 3d and 4th c., justified these creations.

Tubusuptu, located in the fertile Soummam River vally just south of the Port of Saldae, was populated by the Roman soldiers of the Legio VII Claudia. The Roman veterans of Legion VII merged into the population of the valley of the Soummam River.

The region's olive oil was very popular and Tiklat jars were found throughout the Roman empire, which proves its commercial importance at the beginning of the Christian era.

Today there are still vestiges, there is an aqueduct but also well-preserved thermal baths. An almost intact mosaic is also present on site.

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