Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mmalite nke ụlọ ahụ nwere ike ịbụ ihe ochie dị ka ntọala Phoenician nke Oea na narị afọ nke asaa TOA; excavations achọpụtala ihe fọdụrụ na-alaghachi n'oge ndị Rom. Dị ka mpaghara gbara ya gburugburu, alaeze Vandal weghaara ya n'ihe dị ka 439,
Alaeze Ukwu Rom nwetaghachiri ya na 534, Amr ibn al-As meriri ya na 642 ma ọ bụ 643, ndị Byzantium weghachitere ya ọzọ site na Umayyad Caliphate na ngwụcha narị afọ nke asaa; mgbe ahụ n'okpuru ọchịchị nke Abbasid Caliphates (750-800), Aghlabid Emirate nke Ifriqiya (800-909), Fatimid Caliphate (narị afọ nke 10) onye rụzigharịrị ya n'ụlọ obibi eze, Zirid Emirate nke Ifriqiya na Banu Khazrun (narị afọ nke 11-1146), Alaeze Norman nke Africa (1146-58), Almohad Caliphate (1158-1229), Hafsid Emirate nke Ifriqiya (1234-1321), Ammar Beni (1321-1401) na ọzọ Hafsid Emirate (1401-1510, na oge ọzọ na etiti narị afọ nke 15).