Bagradas River

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The Bagradas River, known today as the Medjerda River, is the principal river of Tunisia and a historically significant waterway in ancient North Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Bagradas River canonical 2

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical river
river
associatedPeriod Punic Wars NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman Republic NERFINISHED
associatedWith Carthage NERFINISHED
basinCountry Algeria NERFINISHED
Tunisia NERFINISHED
country Tunisia
drainageBasin northeastern Tunisia
emptiesNear Gulf of Tunis NERFINISHED
flowsInto Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Algeria NERFINISHED
Tunisia NERFINISHED
historicalEventSite Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC) NERFINISHED
Battle of the Bagradas River (49 BC) NERFINISHED
historicalNameOf Medjerda River NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Africa Proconsularis NERFINISHED
Carthaginian territory
Numidia NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance major waterway of ancient North Africa
importance key route between interior of North Africa and Mediterranean coast
principal river of ancient Carthaginian hinterland
knownInGreekAs Βαγράδας NERFINISHED
knownInLatinAs Bagradas NERFINISHED
languageOfName Latin NERFINISHED
locatedIn North Africa
modernCountry Tunisia NERFINISHED
modernName Medjerda River NERFINISHED
mouth Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
near Carthage NERFINISHED
partOf Medjerda River basin NERFINISHED
principalRiverOf Tunisia NERFINISHED
sourceCountry Algeria NERFINISHED
usedFor agriculture
irrigation

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Utica locatedOn Bagradas River
Mercenary War notablePlace Bagradas River