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Thugga

Thugga (Greek: Τούκκα, Τούλκα): Numidian-Roman city in Africa, modern Dougga.

c2000 BCE: Settlement occupied
Numidian temple of Baal Hammon and Punic tomb of Ateban
Residence of Massinissa after the Second Punic War (218-201)
Roman civil wars: Thugga and Juba I support Pompey
Roman settlement (lower town)
Redesign in the course of the second century: Capitol (166 CE), Square of the winds (with temples of Fortuna, Pietas, and Mercury), macellum, forum, theater (168 CE), House of Dionysus and Odysseus (splendid mosaics), temple of Saturn
Severan splendor: arch of Septimius Severus, baths of Caracalla, arch of Alexander Severus, temple of Juno Caelestis
c.260 status of colonia
Vandal rule (439-533) (church)
When the Byzantines conquer the area, population decline; Byzantine fortress on the forum
After the Arabian conquest, a mosque is built near the the Square of the winds

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Thugga, Theater, Stage	Thugga, Funerary mosaic of Papirius Fortunatius	Thugga, House of Dionysus and Odysseus, Odysseus tied to the mast	Thugga, House of Dionysus and Odysseus, Fishermen