Architectural Lantern Slides of Tunisia

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  Carthage: Context view of the theater ruins to the south of the Byrsa
  

  Creator(s):

  G. Massiot & cie

  Description:

  The southern edge of the whole hill was the palace (2nd century CE) of the Roman governor of Africa. In the later 1st and 2nd centuries CE a ring of public buildings was built around the earlier colony. These included the Antonine Baths, an amphitheatre, theatre, odeion and several groups of public cisterns.

  Carthage is a famed ancient city on the Gulf of Tunis; center of a powerful state that conquered Sardinia, Malta, and Balearic Islands in the 6th century BCE. After battling Rome in the …

  Date Created:

  1910-01-01

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  Carthage: Detail of the Roman theater seats
  

  Creator(s):

  G. Massiot & cie

  Description:

  The southern edge of the whole hill was the palace (2nd century CE) of the Roman governor of Africa. In the later 1st and 2nd centuries CE a ring of public buildings was built around the earlier colony. These included the Antonine Baths, an amphitheatre, theatre, odeion and several groups of public cisterns.

  Carthage is a famed ancient city on the Gulf of Tunis; center of a powerful state that conquered Sardinia, Malta, and Balearic Islands in the 6th century BCE. After battling Rome in the …

  Date Created:

  1910-01-01

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  Roman Theater, Dougga: Overall view, seen from the slope below
  

  Creator(s):

  G. Massiot & cie

  Description:

  Dougga reached the height of its territorial expansion under the Antonines and Severans (AD 138-235), when it covered more than 25 ha; its population seems to have been between 5000 and 10,000. The town profited a great deal from local benefactors; for example, P. Marcius Quadratus had the theatre built between AD 168 and 169. The theatre was built into the hillside at the top of the city slope and could seat over 3000 spectators. The theatre is still used for performances of classic theatre,…

  Date Created:

  1910-01-01

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  Carthage: Detail, floor level of the amphitheatre
  

  Creator(s):

  G. Massiot & cie

  Description:

  An amphitheatre was part of the public building campaign in the 2nd century CE by the Roman governor of Africa. Unfortunately only the heavily robbed foundations of these important buildings survive.

  Carthage is a famed ancient city on the Gulf of Tunis; center of a powerful state that conquered Sardinia, Malta, and Balearic Islands in the 6th century BCE. After battling Rome in the 100-year Punic Wars was ruined by Rome in 146 BCE, but rebuilt as a Roman city (under Augustus, beginning 29 B…

  Date Created:

  1910-01-01

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