Skikda

Skikda (Arabic: سكيكدة; formerly Philippeville[1] from 1838 to 1962 and Rusicade[1] in ancient times) is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of Skikda Province and Skikda District. The Phoenicians and Carthaginians established a trading post and fort named RŠKD (𐤓𐤔𐤊‬𐤃‬, "Jug Cape") after Skikda's nearby cape.[2] Falling under Roman hegemony after the Punic Wars, the name was Latinized as Rusicade[3][4] or Rusiccade.[5] Rusicade contained the largest Roman theatre in Algeria, dating to the reign of Hadrian.