🏛️ Ilici-Carthago Nova
Roman port settlement and archaeological site in southeastern Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in the Province of Alicante, eastern Spain, near the modern town of Elche
- Dual settlement: Ilici (Iberian) and Carthago Nova (Roman), established 5th–1st centuries BCE
- Important Mediterranean port and trading hub under Roman rule
- Archaeological remains include Roman structures, pottery, and artifacts from occupation layers
Ilici-Carthago Nova represents a stratified settlement site where an earlier Iberian settlement (Ilici) was absorbed and developed under Roman administration. Located near modern Elche in the Province of Alicante, the site reflects centuries of Mediterranean commerce and cultural exchange. Archaeological investigations have uncovered evidence of Roman occupation, including structural remains and ceramic assemblages spanning the late Republican and Imperial periods ...