Aspis/Clupea/Klibia

Today an important town in the Cap Bon, Klibia has kept a few vestiges from its glorious past. A strategic Punic port known under the name Aspis, the place underwent diverse occupations and many sieges. Named Clupea under the Romans, it reached an apex in the second and third centuries; and found once again, later, its strategic vocation by becoming a Byzantine then Hafsid stronghold... This the reason why the Spaniards kept storming it...