Rome in Africa

by Susan Raven

Book Overview

Nearly three thousand years ago the Phoenicians set up trading colonies on the coast of North Africa, and ever since successive civilizations have been imposed on the local inhabitants, largely from outside. Carthaginians, 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 cities, twelve thousand miles of roads and hundreds of aquaducts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007CGWN8M
• ISBN13: 9780415081504
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

History of Roman empire in North Africa

This superb beautifully written account of Rome in Africa has acompanied me in various editions for almost 40 years. It still suprises me how poor the quality of the photos is. The writting itself deserves better.

Essential for a trip to Tunisia

Taking a trip to Tunisia and planning on seeing the extraordinarily well-preserved Roman ruins? This is the book. Like parts of Tunisia it can be a bit dry, but it has all the information you need and excellent photos (if seemingly dated).