Following the defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War (149–146), the Roman Republic destroyed the city and occupied the region with its … See more

Rome occupied the lands of Carthage after its fall (146 BC) not to develop the harvest and benefit themselves, than to keep others off. Many Punic survivors of the defeated city, including owners of olive groves, vineyards, and farms, had "fled into the hinterland". See more

The Gordian dynasty
In 238 local proprietors rose in revolt, arming their clients and agricultural tenants who entered Thysdrus (modern El Djem) where they killed a rapacious official and his bodyguards. In open revolt, they then proclaimed as … See more

The rebuilding of the city of Carthage from the ashes began under Julius Caesar from 49 to 44 BC and continued under Augustus (63 BC – 14 AD). After Utica lost its privileged status … See more

Ceramics and pottery, skills developed and practiced for many centuries under the prior Phoenician-derived, urban culture, continued as … See more

Assimilation
People from all over the Empire began to migrate into Africa Province, merchants, traders, officials, most importantly veterans in early retirement who settled in Africa on farming plots promised for their military service. A … See more

Felicitas and Perpetua
The Roman Imperial cult was based on a general polytheism that, by combining veneration for the paterfamilias and for the ancestor, … See more