1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
UTICA, a city of ancient Africa on the sinus Ulicensis, 1 55 m. N.W. of Carthage and Tunis, on the route from Carthage to Hippo Diarrhytus (Bizerta) and Hippo Regius (Bona). The modern marabout of Sidi Bu Shater, at the foot of Jebel Menzel el Gul, occupies the site of the ruins of Utica, which in ancient times stood at the mouth of the Bagradas (Mejerda). The mouth of the river is now 12 m. to the north, owing to alluvial deposits, and the level of the ancient town is covered with lowlying meadows, pools of water …
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