Thuburbo Majus
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Thuburbo Majus is a Roman site in northern Tunisia. Romans started to build it in 27 BC.
Thuburbo Majus or Colonia Julia Aurelia Commoda, its Roman name, was originally a Punic town, later founded as a Roman veteran colony by Augustus 27 BC. Emperor Hadrian visited here personally in the 2nd century and declared it a municipality, which made the town really prosper. It was an important town cause it’s strategic situation and trade. Ruins of the town are in the middle of the countryside; there are no towns close to it.
Most of the town was built around 150 - 200 AD and restored in the 4th century. There has not been done very much excavations, so the place has a kind of "original" feeling. This town does not offer impressive restored building, but there are remains of a forum, the amphitheatre, temples, baths and other places.
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