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Ostia (or Ostia Antica) lies 15 km from the city of Rome for which it served as the city's principal port and harbour throughout antiquity. The name derives from 'os' or 'ostium' which means 'mouth' and refers to the city's location at the...

Thugga (also Dougga) was a town in North Africa which was first a Numidian and then a Carthaginian settlement before being incorporated into the Roman Empire. The town was built on a strategically favourable limestone hilltop overlooking...

A Roman boy's rite of passage, a ceremony or ritual marking a transitional period in life from childhood to adulthood, was the assuming of the toga virilis, the adult toga. The ceremony usually took place sometime between the boy's 14th and...

Algeria, Africa's largest country, stretches from the Mediterranean coastline to the Saharan desert interior. The country has some of the finest and most diverse Roman sites, including Timgad and Djémila, both well-preserved and UNESCO-listed...

This Roman city is one of the best preserved Roman sites in northern Italy. Ancient Brixia was a Roman city in the 3rd Century BCE and flourished from Augustus through the 2nd Century CE. The well preserved Capitolium has a recomposed facade...

The Temple of Jupiter dominates the north side of the Forum of Pompeii, with Mount Vesuvius looming behind it. After the town became a Roman colony in 80 BCE, the temple became a Capitolium, a temple dedicated to the capitoline triad (Jupiter...

The three-bay triumphal arch at Sala Colonia (modern-day Rabat in Morocco) stood south of the Capitolium and faced the Forum. It was built during the reign of Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 CE).

Ruins of Ammaedara, photograph by Carole Raddato, Haïdra, Tunisia, 05 October, 2024. Ammaedara, located in Haïdra in modern-day Tunisia, is an important Roman settlement and one of the oldest Roman cities in Africa. It served as a significant...

Cuicul (modern Djémila in Algeria) was a veteran colony established under Roman emperor Nerva (r. 96-98 CE) in a mountainous area between Cirta (modern Constantine) and Sitifis (modern Sétif). Originally a tiny walled town of c. 7 ha (17...