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Since ancient maritime city, located 140 km from Tunis, Sousse is built on the Mediterranean coast of Tunisia.
Name: Hadrumete (Punic), Colonia Ulpia Trajana Augusta Frugifera Hadrumetina (Roman), Harinicopolis (Vandal), Justiniano (Byzantine), Soussa (Arabic).
History
Phoenician colony, Carthage Hadrumetum come under the domination of the late century. VI BC Allied with Rome against Carthage, get free city status (year 146 AD) and is promoted to the rank of honorary Romanian colony during the reign of Trajan (c. II) and at the end of sec. III under Diocletian, became the capital Byzacenei. In the fourth century the population is majority Christian. Later, the name gets Hunericopolis Hadrumetul Vandals occupied (V th) and occupied Byzantine Justianopolis (sec. VI).
Ibn Al Zoubair besieged, Ibn Okba Justianopolis NAFA is destroyed and rebuilt the famous Souss (sec. VII). At the end of VIII century Ribat begin construction. Aglabiti chosen as a base for expeditions to Sicily (827), Souss is equipped with an arsenal like the one in Tunis.
Development of the city is visible in the first half of the century. IX
After Tunis and Sfax, Sousse is the third largest city of Tunisia, fulfilling multiple functions: capital of the Sahel region, and commercial fishing port, tourist center and university. The old European neighborhoods, with their sober alleys and wide, giving the impression of a dynamic and lively city.
In Sousse market - located in the old part of town - the locals show off their goods, they negotiated with great skill.
Sousse | Since ancient maritime city, located 140 km from Tunis, Sousse is built on the Mediterranean coast of Tunisia. Chief town of governorate.
Location and acces: On the east side of Tunisia, 2 hours drive from the capital, Tunis, Sousse town is "pearl of the Sahel'' 140 km south of Tunis, 127 km north of Sfax, 57km east of Kairouan
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