Africa Proconsularis

The grandest senatorial governorship left in the empire by 117 — its proconsul outranked every other, a consolation prize for the Senate after Augustus stripped away the military provinces. Carthage, rebuilt by Julius Caesar on the site Scipio had razed in 146 BCE, had grown back into the empire's second-busiest port, its harbor feeding Rome's grain supply almost as heavily as Egypt's.

Cities on the map

• Leptis Magna — Phoenician foundation, later home of emperor Septimius Severus. Its 2nd-century monumental core was still being planned in 117 CE.
• Sabratha — One of the three cities of Tripolitania. Its theatre is one of the largest surviving anywhere in North Africa.

14 places on the map

• Amphitheatrum Carthaginis · Amphitheater
• Amphitheatrum Thysdri (prius) · Amphitheater
• Carthago Deleta · Battle
• Circus Carthaginiensis · Circus
• Fundus Villae Magnae Varianae · Estate
• La Malga · Cistern
• Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga · Mausoleum
• Medracen · Mausoleum
• Saltus Burunitanus · Estate
• Sepulcrum Massinissae · Mausoleum
• Simitthus · Quarry
• Thapsus · Battle
• Tophet Carthaginis · Sanctuary
• Zama · Battle

Sources

• Cassius Dio, Roman History 53.12
• Barrington Atlas