Arzew

Arzew or Arzeu is a port city in Algeria, 25 miles from Oran. It is the capital of Arzew District, Oran Province. Like the relaxation of North Africa, the website of modern-day Arzew turned into in the beginning inhabited by means of the Berbers. Arzew's unique Berber populace came in particular from the close by town of Bethioua, families from close by Mostaganem, Kabyles that have been deported there, in addition to a few semi-nomadic tribe known as Hamian. It was named Arsenaria, or Portus Magnus underneath the Roman Empire. It has numerous Roman stays, mosaics, and artworks, which were deplaced to the museum of nearby Oran.

During Roman times, Arzew's exports was grain and salt. The Vandals destroyed Portus Magnus in 429/430. Since the Muslim conquests, it regained a few importance, as it became noted by using the geographer El Bekri, throughout his description of North Africa where he described the Roman ruins as Arzao, an deserted Roman port. The Almohads refounded the port in 1162. Under the Ziyanids, the port, located close to the Ziyanid Tlemcen become renamed to Marsa Ben Zian.