Dougga / Thugga
Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of
Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the
capital of an important Libyco-Punic state. It flourished under Roman
and Byzantine rule, but declined in the Islamic period. The impressive
ruins that are visible today give some idea of the resources of a small
Roman town on the fringes of the empire.