Spring Complex in Thubursicum, Algeria

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Carole Raddato
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published on 10 February 2023

The Spring Complex in Thubursicum Numidarum (modern Khamissa in Algeria) is a monumental sanctuary with two water basins built to celebrate a spring regarded in antiquity to have been the source of the Bagradas River, which flows into the Mediterranean sea in Tunisia, between Utica and Carthage. On the north side of the Spring Complex was a colonnaded courtyard with a central temple containing a statue of Neptune (now in the Roman Theatre of Guelma).

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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APA Style

Raddato, C. (2023, February 10). Spring Complex in Thubursicum, Algeria. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17040/spring-complex-in-thubursicum-algeria/

Chicago Style

Raddato, Carole. "Spring Complex in Thubursicum, Algeria." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 10, 2023. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17040/spring-complex-in-thubursicum-algeria/.

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Raddato, Carole. "Spring Complex in Thubursicum, Algeria." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 10 Feb 2023. Web. 28 Mar 2023.

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