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Also known as Tigzirt

Iomnium was a Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman port on Algeria's Mediterranean coast at the site of present-day Tigzirt.

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Official name
ايومنيوم
Country
France
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Tigzirt roman ruins 01.jpg
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Iomnium
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Geography
  • History
  • Ruins
  • The Great Basilica
  • Miscellaneous buildings
  • Other basilicas
  • Fortifications
  • Island
  • Necropolises
  • Epigraphy
  • Ancient oil mills and presses
  • Religion
  • References
  • Citations
  • Bibliography

Iomnium was a Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman port on Algeria's Mediterranean coast at the site of present-day Tigzirt.

==Name== Iomnium is a latinization of the town's Punic name, which appears to have combined the elements () and (), meaning "Strong Island" or "Peninsula of Strength". The same triliteral root can also mean "craftsman", "artisan", &c.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iomnium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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