Icosium

Icosium
A coin with the Punic name of Icosium
Shown within Algeria
LocationAlgeria
RegionAlgiers Province
Coordinates36°46′35″N 3°03′31″E / 36.7763°N 3.0585°E / 36.7763; 3.0585

Icosium (Punic: ʾY KSM, "Island of the Owls"; Ancient 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.

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