Dougga / Thugga

Dougga / Thugga
Dougga / Thugga
Tunisia
Date inscribed: 1997| Inscribed criteria: (ii)(iii)
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Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the capital of an important Libyco-Punic state. It flourished under Roman and Byzantine rule, but declined in the Islamic period. The impressive ruins that are visible today give some idea of the resources of a small Roman town on the fringes of the empire.

Source: NFUAJ