There have been many discrepancies among the experts about the location of the primitive ports of Carthage. By analogy with other places, and taking into account the need to avoid unfavourable winds, the possible location of one of the ports is placed in the vicinity of the area of the Baths of Antoninus, towards the north of the site,According to a hypothesis formulated by Dr Carton in 1911 and cited by that is, towards the southern area of Le Kram. The discoveries made at the site suggest that this first location is very likely since the Roman baths used to be located on land reclaimed from the sea. Therefore, in this area could have been located one of the primitive ports of the city. Certain historians believe, however, that the site of the primitive port was in the vicinity of the village of Sidi Bou Saïd, because of its location near a cape, which gave it a privileged geographical position so important in the eyes of the Phoenicians. Other experts, including Serge Lancel, placed the position of the ports along the Lake of Tunis, less assembled in ancient times than nowadays. Lancel places the position of the port on the beaches of Marsa, at a relative distance from the city (about 3 km approximately), but close enough to the neighbourhood of Megara.
