Rome in Africa
Nearly three thousand years ago the Phoenicians set up trading colonies on the coast of North Africa, and ever since successive civilisations have been imposed on the local inhabitants, largely from outside. Carthagians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks, French and Italians have all occupie...
Author: | Susan Raven |
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Published: |
Routledge,
London-New York,
1993
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Edition: | 3 |
Total Pages: | XXXIII-254 |
Format: | Book |
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Biography
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Background
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Northern Africa
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General historical studies
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Summary: | Nearly three thousand years ago the Phoenicians set up trading colonies on the coast of North Africa, and ever since successive civilisations have been imposed on the local inhabitants, largely from outside. Carthagians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks, French and Italians have all occupied the region in their time.
The Romans governed this part of Africa for six hundred yaers. Throughout the region their genius for building was readily apparant: there were some six hundred cities, twelve thousand miles of roads and hundreds of aquaducts, some fifty miles long. The remains of many of these structures can be seen today.
The broadening horizons of the Roman Empire provided scope for the particular talents of a number of Africa's sons: the writers Terence and Apuleius; the first African Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, famous Christian theologians like Tertullian and Saint Augustine - these are just some who rose to meet the challenges of their age. |
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