Dougga or Thugga or TBGG was a Berber, Punic and Roman settlement near present-day Téboursouk in northern Tunisia. The current archaeological site covers 65 hectares (160 acres). [1] UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997, believing that it represents "the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa".

Thugga, the best-preserved ancient Roman city in modern Tunisia, located near modern Tabursuq, west of the ancient road between Carthage and Theveste (modern Tébessa, Alg.), some 60 miles (100 km) west of Tunis. Thugga’s most notable pre-Roman ruin is a 2nd-century-bce mausoleum, built in honour of.

May 20, 2016 · Roman Thugga. When Rome defeated Carthage an influx of Marian settlers arrived at Thugga (according to some historians but not agreed on by all). Roman influence increased further following the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BCE.

This is the city of Thugga, in the ancient kingdom and Roman Province of Numidia. It lies on the slopes of the valley of the Oued Khalled, in a fertile landscape of olives and grain. The city is well preserved and extensively excavated.

Oct 19, 2020 · Dougga, Tunisia: The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa. Once upon a time, two communities lived together or so to speak, the Numidians and the Romans, and built the city of modern-day Dougga. Dougga, or Thugga, is undoubtedly one of the most impressive archaeological sites in Tunisia. It is one of Tunisia’s World Heritage sites ...

The following table lists the public buildings and monuments of Thugga which are securely dated by inscriptions and gives the date (as near as possible) of construction along with an assessment of how African or Roman they are.

Thugga was built on the slope of a terraced hill and it did not have the usual orthogonal street grid of Roman towns. It was linked by two short roads to that built by the Romans in the valley south of the town to link Carthage to Theveste, in today's Algeria, where Legio Augusta III was stationed.

Mar 4, 2025 · The archaeological site of Dougga (Latin: Thugga), located in northern Tunisia, is one of the best-preserved examples of a Roman town in North Africa. Spanning approximately 70 hectares, this UNESCO World Heritage Site provides a remarkable glimpse into the region’s urban planning, architecture, and daily life of ancient Roman and pre-Roman ...

May 25, 2023 · Step back in time and discover the wonders of Dougga, a city that truly embodies the spirit of the Roman Empire in Africa. Dougga (also spelled Thugga) has a long, storied history but is best known from the time of its Roman conquest. Our knowledge of the city before the conquest is a little fragmented, with sources being unreliable.

Jul 27, 2018 · Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga in present-day Tunisia, 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.