Icosium
Icosium (Punic: ʾY KSM, "Island of the Owls"; Greek: Ἰκόσιον, Ikósion) was a Phoenician and Punic settlement in modern-day Algeria. It was part of Numidia and later became an important Roman colony and an early medieval bishopric (now a Latin titular see) in the casbah area of modern Algiers.
A coin with the Punic name of Icosium | |
Shown within Algeria | |
| Location | Algeria |
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| Region | Algiers Province |
| Coordinates | 36.7763°N 3.0585°E |
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