Igilgili

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Igilgili was a Phoenician townlocated in present-day Jijel, Algeria. Igilgili was initially a small Carthaginian colony and trading port (Punic: 𐤀𐤉𐤂𐤋‬𐤂𐤋‬, ʾyglgl, or 𐤀‬𐤉𐤂𐤋‬𐤂𐤋𐤕‬, ʾyglglt). This name seems to combine ʾy (Punic: 𐤀‬𐤉‬, "island") with a suffix that might be either Semitic or Berber. After the Punic Wars, Igilgili was given to Rome's allies in North Africa. After the defeat of Jugurtha by Rome and its allies in 105 BC, the city came under direct Roman rule. It was turned into a Roman colony under Augustus in 33 BC, giving its people Roman citizenship. Once the Romans occupied the whole of North Africa, the city of Igilgili was administratively attached to the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis and later to Mauretania Sitifensis. In those years, Igilgili grew to nearly 6,000 inhabitants and was very rich, with commerce to Italy and Iberia. The site is on a low peninsula and a small coastal plain enclosed by a ring of hills, about half-way between Bône and Algiers. The Roman colony, founded by Augustus (Plin.