🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Capsa (Gafsa) – Fossatum Oasis City
Capsian Mesolithic / Numidian / Roman / Byzantine · Capsian then Numidian / Roman
Artesian oasis pools of Roman Capsa, type-site of Capsian Mesolithic.
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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thimisica (Henchir Mehonine)
Roman (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Road town between Mejez el-Bab and Beja with porticoed forum and fort.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Membressa (Medjez el-Bab)
Punic to Modern (3rd c. BCE–present; bridge Roman) · Numidian / Roman-Christian
Medjerda bridge town with 8-arch Roman bridge still in use.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Sullecthum (Salakta)
Punic to Late Antique (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE; peak 2nd–4th c. CE) · Punic / Roman (Byzacena)
Punic-Roman harbour colonia on Salakta peninsula with catacombs and oil port.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Zitha (Ziana)
Punic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Punic / Roman (Tripolitana)
Causeway waystation over sebkha between Zarzis and Gigthis.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Aunobaris (Henchir Bir el-Achour)
Roman to Byzantine (1st c.–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman-Christian
Episcopal village over spring with Saturn stelae and church.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Bisica Lucana (Henchir Bijga)
Roman (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman-Christian
Hill municipium with double temples and siphon aqueduct.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Seressi (Henchir Oum el-Abouab)
Roman (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Roman (Africa Proconsularis)
Municipium on Fahs plain with forum, amphitheatre earthwork and aqueduct feeder.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Taparura
Berber-Punic to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Berber-Punic-Roman civitas beneath Sfax with salting vats and church mosaics.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thuburbo Minus (Tebourba) – Amphitheatre & Capitol
Roman (1st c BCE – 7th c CE; colony under Hadrian) · Roman (Africa Proconsularis) / Early Christian
Road town on the fertile Medjerda floodplain, Thuburbo Minus became Hadrianic colonia with Capitol, baths, amphitheatre (56×46 m oval) destroyed 1680 for bridge stone, and olive pr...
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Cillium (Kasserine)
Roman Imperial (Flavian–Byzantine, 1st–7th c. CE) · Roman (Africa Proconsularis)
Roman colonia with Flavius mausoleum, Severan arch and 2nd-c. dam.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Limisa (Ksar Lemsa)
Roman to Hafsid (2nd c. BCE–15th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine / Islamic
Hilltop municipium with amphitheatre reused as Borj fortress.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Abthugni
Numidian to Vandal (3rd c. BCE–5th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Christian
Municipium with theatre, circus and martyr basilica (303 CE).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Sufes
Numidian to Islamic (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Byzacena hilltop municipium with capitol temple and Byzantine citadel.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Aquae Regiae
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Hot-spring road station with bath complex and Byzantine granary fort.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Mididi
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Byzacena civitas with Antonine arch and Saturn sanctuary (200 stelae).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thelepte (Feriana / Medinet el-Kdima)
Roman to Byzantine (1st c CE – 7th c CE; colonia under Trajan) · Roman / Byzantine (Byzacena)
Byzacena road city at Sahara edge, Thelepte flourished as Byzantine dux capital with massive fortress (1.2 km circuit) built from Roman spolia, two basilicas with mosaics, baths an...
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Agbia
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Ridge municipium controlling Dougga plain with triple arch and capitol.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Zama Regia (Siliana) – Battle Plain & Town
Numidian to Roman (3rd c BCE – 5th c CE) · Numidian / Roman
Applicant for royal Zama where Scipio defeated Hannibal 202 BCE on adjacent plain (battlefield scatter 5 km). Royal town with temple podium, walls and Byzantine fort shows Numidian...
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Assuras (Zanfour) – Theatre Hill Settlement
Numidian to Roman (2nd c BCE – 5th c CE) · Numidian / Roman (Africa Proconsularis)
Hill town commanding the High Tell, Assuras' theatre (68 m) crowns a limestone spur above Oued Zanfour, with forum, arch and Byzantine chapel. Libyco-Punic stelae and Roman epitaph...
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thigibba Bure (Djebba) – Hilltop Sanctuary
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c BCE – 7th c CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Ridge refuge 540 m above Bagrada plain, Thigibba Bure preserves Punic walls, Roman sanctuary terrace, mausoleum, baths and Christian basilica with mosaics, amid fig orchards famed...
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Fortress
Henchir Sidi Amara – Roman–Byzantine Fort
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine
Frontier fortlet on steppe ridge with Roman farm and Byzantine quadrangle fort (80×60 m) reusing inscriptions, on Thelepte–Cillium road.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Henchir Sidi Khalifa (Pheradi Maius Region)
Punic to Roman (4th c BCE – 6th c CE) · Punic / Roman
Coastal Sahel village near Pheradi Maius harbour, with Punic bottle cisterns and Roman house mosaics, controlling coastal lagoon salt.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Ulippira (Henchir el-Biar)
Roman (1st–5th c CE) · Roman
Olive press village with Roman counterweights and vats still visible among olive groves, typical of High Tell oleoculture.