Hippo (Extinct city)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
היפו (עיר קדומה)
Name (Latin)
Hippo (Extinct city)
Other forms of name
nne Hippo (Algeria)
nne Hippo (Ancient city)
Hippo Regius (Extinct city)
Hippone (Extinct city)
Coordinates
7.75 7.75 36.8825 36.8825 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Extinct cities Algeria
See Also From tracing place name
Algeria
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q858024
Library of congress:
sh 85060981
Sources of Information
- Lippincott:p. 245 (Just S of Bône are the ruins of anc. Hippo, founded as a Carthaginian colony and later of the Numidian kings. It flourished under Romans (who called it Hippo Regius or Hippone))
- Britannica Micro.:p. 55 (Hippo, later called Hippo Regius, located near the modern town of Annaba in Algeria, was probably first settled by Carthaginians in the 4th century B.C.)
- Web. geog.:p. 53 (Hippo Regius)