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The Romans sailed south to Zanzibar, north to the Hebrides, and east to China. The Most Distant Places Visited by the Romans | 14:52 toldinstone | 608K subscribers | 1,216,082 views | July 29, 2022 0:00 Introduction 0:48 The world known to the Romans 2:37 ClickUp 3:50 Arabia 4:38 East Africa and the Nile 5:39 West Africa and the Sahara 6:58 The Canaries and Madeira 7:42 Britain 8:23 Thule 8:59 Around the Baltic 9:39 Around the Black and Caspian Seas 10:15 Central and northern Asia 10:55 India 12:20 China

In Morocco, not far from the Atlantic coast and away from major tourist attractions, lies a remarkable and enigmatic megalithic site. The Mzora stone ring (also spelled variously as Msoura/Mezorah) is situated roughly 11km from the nearest town of Asilah and about 27km from the ruins of ancient Lixus. It is not easy to reach and a small display in the archaeological museum at Tetouan is the most the majority of visitors see or hear of this very interesting site. Plutarch, in the first century CE, may have referred to Mzora in his Life of Sertorius. He describes the Roman...

Bringing back to life a whole section of the lives of the inhabitants of this African province at the time when it was a Roman colony, such is the mission that the scientists who have been working on the Pupput necropolis since 1996 have set themselves. It was the construction of a tourist complex that brought to light this 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery, the largest ever discovered intact in Africa. Between the excavations of the graves and the visit of the neighboring Roman sites, Serge Viallet introduces us to the funeral rites of a population of modest means. The objects that...

The most unbelievable thing I saw during my time in Africa: the amazing Roman amphitheater at El Jem (FKA Thysdrus).Follow this building through time, and you'll see the entire story of empire and civilisation in the mediterranean.This was undoubtedly the highlight of my trip to Tunisia, and represents the centrepiece that I took out of my video of crossing Tunisia by train.Chapters0:00 Travel from Tunis to El Jem0:49 The Amphitheater of El Jem, Tunisia5:00 The history of El Jem Amphitheater6:52 Thysdrus Amphitheater in the modern eraThe African colosseum that nobody knows exists | 8:55Tom Thornton | 57.8K subscriber | 237,875...

0:00 - 2:52 - Intro and Orientation 2:53 - 5:00 - Roman Colonies 5:01 - 9:17 - The Rewards Veterans Got 9:18 - 12:11 - The End of Timgad The BEST Preserved Roman Colony in the World | 12:11 Street Gems | 38.4K subscribers | 1,223,791 views | May 2, 2024

A touristic visit to the beautiful ancient Roman ruins of Djémila in Algeria. Founded in AD 96 as a Roman military garrison, the ancient town of Cuicul is set on a hillside with grand vistas. It is a UNESCO world heritage site - as "an interesting example of Roman town planning adapted to a mountain location".This video features views of the ruins including overall views, the Cardo Maximums (main street), the forum, arches, basilica, curia, temples, Christian Quarter, fountains, markets, theater, baths and latrine. The site has is in a remarkable state of preservation and it shows how the...

A tour of the Roman legionary camp at Lambaesis, Algeria.Lambaesis: the Best-Preserved Legionary Fort | 7:44Scenic Routes to the Past | Garrett Ryan, PhD31.8K subscribers | 83,131 views | August 30, 2024

Roman Africa The economic and political fault lines that separated Carthage and Numidia are the ones that separate Tunisia and Algeria—and the Romans drew them by Robert D. Kaplan From the parapets of Le Kef, on a rocky spur in northwestern Tunisia, one can see deep into the mountains of Algeria, whose border is a short distance away. A fort of some kind has existed here since Carthaginian times, 2,500 years ago, and the ocher ruins of ancient cities are all around. Dominating the view to the southwest is Jugurtha's Table, a massive mesa atop which the Numidian King Jugurtha...