🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient village
Cotta Garum Factory
Roman (1st–5th c. CE; peak 2nd–4th c. CE) · Roman (Mauretanian)
Cotta (Cap Spartel) is Mauretania Tingitana's largest Roman garum factory, 1st–5th c. CE, 8 km west of Tangier on Atlantic.
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🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient village
Roman (1st–5th c. CE; peak 2nd–4th c. CE) · Roman (Mauretanian)
Cotta (Cap Spartel) is Mauretania Tingitana's largest Roman garum factory, 1st–5th c. CE, 8 km west of Tangier on Atlantic.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Phoenician to Early Islamic (8th c BCE–8th c CE; peak Mauretanian-Roman) · Phoenician / Carthaginian / Mauretanian / Roman
Phoenician tell 8th c BCE of Hesperides legend with garum factories, hybrid theatre-amphitheatre and Helios mosaic.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Punic to Byzantine (5th c BCE–7th c CE; garum peak 1st–3rd c) · Punic / Roman / Byzantine
20-ha partly submerged garum metropolis with 80 cetariae and tsunami-drowned waterfront since 365 CE.