Henchir-Merelma

Henchir-Merelma is a locality and archaeological site in the Mahdia Governorate of Tunisia.

The ruins at Henchir-Merelma are near the Cherita River and Sebkhet de Sidi El Hani lakes and date from the time of the Roman Empire and is tentatively identified with Aelioe^[1] a civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena.

According to the Antonine Itinerary, Aeliae was on the Roman Road from Althiburos To Thysdrus.^[2][3][4] Ruins at Ksour-el-Maïete tentatively identified with Germaniciana^[5] and Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla would indicate a series of way stations and accord with the description in the Antonine Itinerary.

References

1. Bulletin Archéologique du Comité des travaux historiques Et scientifiques Archived 2017-08-13 at the Wayback Machine(1900) p126.
2. Pierre Salama, Les voies romaines de l'Afrique du Nord, Algiers, 1951.
3. Itinéraire d'Antonin, éd. d'O. Cuntz, Leipzig, 1929 (1990 ISBN 3-519-04273-8).
4. Pierre Salama, Les voies romaines de l'Afrique du Nord, Alger, 1951 (with a map of 1949).
5. Bulletin Archéologique du Comité des travaux historiques Et scientifiques Archived 2017-08-13 at the Wayback Machine (1900) p126.