According to the Tabula Peutingeriana, Ruspe was situated between Acholla and Usilla, near the promontory that Ptolemy called Brachodes, the Caput Vadorum of the Romans, later Capaudia, Qaboudia in Arabic[REF][REF][REF] (cf.
The name "Ruspe" is interpreted as including the Semitic element rus, meaning "head" or "headland" [REF].