 During the Roman Empire there was a Roman town called Tacuata and based on the remaining ruins, it was a relatively important city.In Roman times it was the starting point of a road to the west, marked by Muharur (Sidi Akkacha), Zacca (Cape de Fer), where red porphyry was mined and exported to Rome through the port on the Seybouse, then Culucitanis (El Marsa) and Paratienis (Guerbes).With Muslim conquests of the Maghreb the Arabs renamed the town Tekkouch, from the Berber "Teccuche".