[2] The Punic name was variously hellenized as Rhouspînon (Ancient Greek: Ῥουσπῖνον),[3] Rhouspino, (Ῥουσπίνῳ),[4] Rhouspína (Ῥουσπίνα),[5] or Rhoúspina (Ῥούσπινα)[6] but consistently latinized as Ruspina.
Nathan Davis believes it was located at modern day Monastir.
Multiple tombs and ruins have been discovered in this city that may have been part of Ruspina.
In 46 BC, the town was the first in Africa to ally itself with Julius Caesar during his civil war.
[8] The same year, the Battle of Ruspina was a victory for Pompey's ally T. Labienus.