Utica, Tunisia
Ancient Phoenician and Carthaginian city / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Utica (/ˌjuːtɪkə/) was an ancient Phoenician and Carthaginian city located near the outflow of the Medjerda River into the Mediterranean, between Carthage in the south and Hippo Diarrhytus (present-day Bizerte) in the north. It is traditionally considered to be the first colony to have been founded by the Phoenicians in North Africa.[1] After Carthage's loss to Rome in the Punic Wars, Utica was an important Roman colony for seven centuries.
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The ruins of Utica | |
Location | Zana, Bizerte Governorate![]() |
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Coordinates | 37°3′25″N 10°3′43″E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Builder | Phoenician colonists |
Founded | 1101 BC |
Abandoned | Approximately 700 AD |
Periods | Early Iron Age to Byzantine Empire |
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Utica no longer exists, and its remains are located in Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia – not on the coast where it once lay, but further inland because of deforestation and agriculture upriver as the Medjerda River silted over its original mouth.[2]