Iomnium

Iomnium was a Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman port on Algeria's Mediterranean coast at the site of present-day Tigzirt. Iomnium is a latinization of the town's Punic name, which appears to have combined the elements ʾy (Punic: 𐤀‬𐤉‬) and ʾmn (𐤀‬𐤌𐤍‬), meaning "Strong Island" or "Peninsula of Strength". The same triliteral root can also mean "craftsman", "artisan", &c. The city was established as a colony on the maritime trade route between Phoenicia and the Strait of Gibraltar. It was part of the Carthaginian Empire and served as a port for the fortress of Rusippisir (now Taksebt) 3 km to the east. It was therefore one of those comptoirs of which Lancel says that they "occur fairly regularly every 30 or 40 km" along the Algerian coastline". It was one of the key staging points for cabotage along the northern seaboard of the ancient Maghreb. Iomnium was located on a peninsula, with the civic buildings located at the end of its cape. The town was established as a colony on the trade route between Phoenicia and the Strait of Gibraltar. It formed part of the Carthaginian Empire and served as the harbor for the fortress at Rusippisir (present-day Taksebt) 3 km (2 mi) to its east.