Alternative name | Septem, Abyla |
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Location | Ceuta, Spain |
Coordinates | 35°53′18″N 5°18′56″W / 35.888333°N 5.315556°W |
Abyla was the pre-Roman name of Ad Septem Fratres (actual Ceuta of Spain). Ad Septem Fratres, usually shortened to Septem or Septa, was a Roman colony in the province of Mauretania Tingitana and a Byzantine outpost in the exarchate of Africa. Its ruins are located within present-day Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish city in northwest Africa.