This legend contains a note of truth because a text attests that the aristocracy of Mahdia, located twelve kilometres from Ksour Essef, was accustomed to hunt sparrowhawks in the region of Salakta and its environs.

After the destruction of the city of Salakta and the arrival of the Arabs, most of the punic, Greek and Roman inhabitants converted to Islam.

One of the must beautiful pieces in the Bardo National Museum is a bronze cuirass found in a local sepulture, discovered in 1910.

The deceased had been buried in a sarcophagus of cypress wood which had traces of the ochre used at the funeral, as did the bones.

In fact, migrants participate directly in its economic development and invest in it, especially in the construction of houses and the establishment of commerce and industry.