Salakta is one of the oldest historical sites in the country.
 It features a small museum set within the site of the ancient site.
 However, the majority of the latter is under the sea.

One of the main mosaics of the Bardo National Museum, representing an African lion, was discovered in Salakta in 1958.
 In Roman times, Salakta was an important commercial port under the name of Syllectum or Sullectum.
 One of the offices of the Place des Corporations in Ostia bears the name of the naviculars of Syllectum, and oil amphorae with the original mark A SYLL have been found in Ostia and Salakta, Archaeological evidence of a trade of active oil between Salakta and Rome.
Salakta is one of the oldest historical sites in the country.  It features a small museum set within the site of the ancient site.  However, the majority of the latter is under the sea. 
One of the main mosaics of the Bardo National Museum, representing an African lion, was discovered in Salakta in 1958.  In Roman times, Salakta was an important commercial port under the name of Syllectum or Sullectum.  One of the offices of the Place des Corporations in Ostia bears the name of the naviculars of Syllectum, and oil amphorae with the original mark A SYLL have been found in Ostia and Salakta, Archaeological evidence of a trade of active oil between Salakta and Rome.
Salakta