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Maktar
Maktar
Maktar or Makthar is a Roman-Berber site in Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. The ancient town was founded by the Numidians as a defense post against the Carthaginians in the 3rd century BC. Among the ruins there are several pre-Roman structures, the Roman forum, the arch of Trajan and the thermal baths.
Site Information
Country: Tunisia
District: Siliana Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Amazighs
Later Cultures: Ancient Carthage + Roman + Byzantine
Site Features: Roman & Byzantine Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: The Royal Mausoleums of Numidia, Mauretania and pre-Islamic funerary monuments
Date of Submission: 2012
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