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Djemila
Numidia · Roman province·Algeria·Founded 96 CE by Nerva
Mountain colony of veterans (Roman Cuicul), contemporary with Timgad. Its stepped forum climbs the hillside.
Uninhabited UNESCO World Heritage Roman ruins on a mountain plateau, prized for their mosaics, near a small namesake village in northern Algeria.
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