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Apr 23, 2021 · In northern Africa, what is known as the Fossatum Africae has been recorded in several areas, together with other short stretches of barrier. Whilst there are some similarities to the barriers elsewhere (provision of lots of gates and towers), it has been suggested that these marked the transition between desert and cultivated lands, and served ...
There is a huge amount of bibliography about Roman limes, Fossatum Africae and its conception, but just a couple of works have been written about the boundaries of a Roman province and the awareness of Africa as a boundary province.
This note is intended to draw attention to the prima facie case for fourth-century manning of the Numidian frontier towers. The lasting achievement of Colonel Jean Baradez was the. recognition of the Roman frontier system in Algeria, which involved a series of artificial linear. barriers, known collectively as the Fossatum Africae.
Nov 9, 2011 · Fourth-Century Manning of the ‘Fossatum Africae’ - Volume 11. To save this article to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account.
Abstract. This note gives a preliminary notice of the discovery of a further clausura in western Tripolitnia (Southern Tunisia). These linear barriers are assumed to have performed some function in customs regulation and the supervision of transhumance movements in the frontier zone, rather than being defensive barriers as such.
Zaraï. Zarai was near the Fossatum Africae, that marked the border between the Roman controlled Africa and the barbarian tribes. East of the Fossatum there was a partial Latinisation of the society. / 35.800833; 5.6775. Zaraï was a Berber, Carthaginian, and Roman town at the site of present-day Aïn Oulmene, Algeria.
The only written reference discovered by researchers and scholars of the Fossatum Africae, literally meaning ‘African ditch’, is found in the compilation of Roman Empire laws known as Codex Theodosianus dating back to 312 AD. The reference is found in a letter to Roman citizens living in Africa, from the co-ruling Roman emperors of the time ...
