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Tamuda is an archaeological site of an ancient city in northern Morocco situated near what nowadays is Tetouan, by the south bank or river Martil. ==History== The ancient city was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Mauretanian Berbers of northern Morocco. Probably there was a Phoenician presence during the next century, mainly for commerce. Under Augustus Romans occupied the city. Tamuda was destroyed by the Romans during a Berber revolt, but under Augustus' successors it was recreated as a roman castrum. Tamuda became later one of the major cities of the Roman province Mauretania Tingitana and enjoyed a development during Trajan and Septimius Severus rule. It was used for fish salting and purple production, according to researcher from the University of Cadiz.〔(Tamuda excavations )〕 On the ''Notitia Dignitatum'', written in the fifth century, it is stated that at the end of the fourth century Tamuda's castrum was the headquarters of an "Ala Herculea" (cavalry unit) of local limitanei and that was related to a ''cohortes'' of Lixus. The region around Tamuda was fully Romanized, Christianized and "pacified" during the fifth century and the fort probably was dismantled. By the time the Vandals arrived in the fifth century the city had been possibly abandoned as no contemporary chronicle mentions it anymore. Artifacts from both the Roman and the Phoenician era have been found in the site of Tamuda.〔M. Tarradell, ''El poblamiento antiguo del Rio Martin'', Tamuda, IV, 1957, p. 272〕 In the late 13th century small fortifications existed near the Roman ruins with the name "Tittawin", that later were renamed "Tetouan"〔''Tittawin'', Halima Ferhat, "The Encyclopaedia of Islam", Vol. X, ed. P.J. Bearman, T. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs, (Brill, 2000), 549.〕 11 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tamuda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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