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A special gift for JSMSKIKDA supporters on the occasion of its ascension to the first professional league..Skikda (Arabic: سكيكدة; formerly Philippeville from 1838 to 1962 and Rusicade in ancient times) is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of Skikda Province and Skikda District.Further informationThe Phoenicians and Carthaginians established a trading post and fort named rškd (𐤓𐤔𐤊𐤃, "Jug Cape") after Skikda's nearby cape Falling under Roman hegemony after the Punic Wars, the name was Latinized as Rusicade or Rusiccada. Rusicade contained the largest Roman theatre in Algeria, dating to the reign of Hadrian.In late antiquity, the port was destroyed during the Vandals' invasion of 530. The Byzantines reconquered the region in 533 and 534, but left large areas under Berber control. The town was overrun by the Umayyad Caliphate at the end of the 7th century.Present-day Skikda was founded by Sylvain Charles Valée in 1838 under the name Philippeville[citation needed], honoring the French king at the time. The French were in the process of annexing Algeria and developed Philippeville as a port for Constantine, Algeria's third-largest city. The two cities were connected by rail. On 10 October 1883, there was an earthquake in Philippe ville.