Les fortifications de la Mauritanie Tingitane

Magnetic Survey at the Roman Military Camp of el Benian in Mauretania Tingitana (Morocco): Results and Implications

“…According to Aomar Akerraz and el Benian (Pacatiana? ), the el Beniana camp was under the control of the Tribunus cohortis Pacat ianensis [1]. The moat of the field would not have been very dissimilar from the one found around the military camp of Lamdanna, located at east of the small center of Tlata Raïssana on the confluence of the rivers Harten and Mguerouen; in this area, the works of the Office National de l'Eau Potable (ONEP) have discovered part of the moat limits in one incidental section (approx.…”

“…This information refers to important elements of the whole building with its long perimeter wall, four towers with square corners, and five intermediary turrets. The most credible present hypothesis is the association of the camp with the ancient Pacatiana where the Tribunus Cohortis Pacatianensis Pacatiana stayed while under orders from the comes Tingitaniae [1] (p. 559).…”

“…Due to his previous experience in the area, he detected seventeen camps from the early Roman Empire (Tamuda, Aïn Daliya, Tabernae, Frigidae, Banasa, Thamusida, Sala, Khédis, Souiyar/Ad Novas, el Mers, el Kanayez, Fouarat, Souk el Arbaâ, Sidi Saïd, Sidi Moussa Bou Fri, Tocolosida, and Aïn Schkour) and another six from the Later Roman Empire (Tamuda, el Benian, Tabernae, Souiyar, Lamdanna, and el Mers). The camps Tamuda, Tabernae, Souiyar, and el Mers were positioned on top of older camps, while el Benian and Lamdanna were newly founded [1].…”