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 the fertile Wadi Khaled Valley (modern Tunisia) and particularly flourished during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BCE. The archaeological site has substantial remains which include a theatre, baths, mausoleum, and temples. Thugga is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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c. 250 BCEThe Numidian mausoleum is built at Thugga.
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166 CEThe Capitolium temple is built at Thugga.
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c. 168 CEThe Roman theatre is built at Thugga.
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195 CEA temple to Saturn-Baal is built at Thugga.
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205 CEThugga is made a Roman municipium.
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222 CE - 235 CEA temple dedicated to Caelestis is built at Thugga.
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228 CEA triumphal arch is built at Thugga and dedicated to Septimius Severus.
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261 CEThugga is made a Roman colonia.
