Archaeological site, Ancient Rome

Amphitheater of El Jem
The classic Roman town of Thysdrus (now El Jem) boasts an immense amphitheatre, dating from the 3rd century.
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Aquileia
Aquileia was one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the Early Roman Empire, and is considered the most complete example of an Early Roman city.
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Baalbek
Baalbek is one of the finest examples of Imperial Roman architecture at its apogee. It is famous for its exquisitely detailed but monumentally scaled temple ruins of the Roman period, when Baalbek, known as Heliopolis was one of the largest sanctuaries in the Empire.
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Bosra
The city of Bosra grew the most under the Romans, who paid great attention to it and was named Niatrojana Bostra as the capital of the state of Djezire under the king Trojan.
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Djémila
Djemila is a mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Roman ruins in North Africa are found.
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Dougga/Thugga
Dougga or Thugga is a Roman ruin in northern Tunisia located on a 65 hectare site. Dougga was originally a fortified Berber village (the name Thugga meant "pastures").
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Etruscan Necropolises
The Etruscan necropolises of Tarquinia have some 6,000 tombs, 60 of which include wall paintings. The most famous attraction of Cerveteri is the Necropoli della Banditaccia, encompassing a total of 1,000 tombs often housed in characteristic mounds.
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire
The Wall was built under the orders of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 122. It took soldiers six years to build a wall 80 Roman miles long (117km) on the border of what is now England and Scotland.
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Gamzigrad-Romuliana
Gamzigrad-Romuliana, the imperial Palace of Galerius, is one of the most important Late Roman sites. Construction works started in 289 by the tetrarch Galerius to mark the place of his birth after a victory over the Persians.
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Leptis Magna
The Phoenician port Lpgy was integrated into the Roman Empire in 46 BC. After Septimus Severus became emperor here (in 193), it became one of the most beautiful cities of the Roman world.
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Mérida
The Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida holds the remains of many public buildings that were the trademarks of a major Roman provincial capital.
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Orange
Roman Orange was founded in 35 BC by veterans of the Second Gallica Roman legion as Arausio (after the local Celtic water god), or Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio.
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Pompei
On August 24 of the year 79 AD, the Vesuvius volcano in southern Italy suddenly erupted. It buried the surrounding towns under layers of ash and rock.
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Pont du Gard
The Pont du Gard is a Roman aquaduct crossing the river Gardon near Nimes (south of France). It is recognized as unique illustration of the technique used by the engineers and builders of the Roman empire.
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Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
The remains of the Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a spectacular tunnel, the Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct, along with the Heraion (sanctuary) of Samos were jointly registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.
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Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
Arles has important remains of Roman times, which have been listed as World Heritage Sites since 1981.
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Roman Walls of Lugo
The Roman Walls of Lugo date from the late 3rd century AD. They are considered to be the finest surviving example (in terms of completeness and intactness) of late Roman military fortifications.
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Sabratha
Sabratha was a Phoenician trading-post that served as a coastal outlet for the products of the African hinterland.
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Segovia
The first historical reference to the town of Segovia dates back to the year 192 A.D., when its Celtiberian inhabitants were defeated by Roman forces.
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Syracuse
‘Syracuse and the rocky Necropolis of Pantalica’ is an ecclectic site that bears testimony to the development of Mediterranean civilisation in the past 3000 years.
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Tárraco
The remains of Tárraco (modern Tarragona) reflect the first and oldest Roman settlement on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Timgad
Timgad, called Thamugas by the Romans, was a Roman colonial town in North Africa founded by the Emperor Trajan around 100 AD.
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Trier
Even before the Romans came there was a settlement in this valley. It belonged to the Gallo-Celtic tribe Treveri.
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Tyre
Tyre is an ancient Phoenician city and the legendary birthplace of Europa and Elissa (Dido). The city has many ancient sites, including its Roman Hippodrome.
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Um er-Rasas
Um er-Rasas is an archeological site in Jordan which contains ruins from the Roman, Byzantine, and early Muslim civilizations.
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Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
The Villa Adriana was the retreat of the Roman emperor Hadrian, and the remains of its monuments are great examples of classical architecture.
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Villa Romana del Casale
The Villa Romana del Casale is a Late Roman Villa (or Palace), dating from the late 3rd and early 4th century AD.
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Volubilis
Volubilis features the best preserved excavations in this part of northern Africa dating from the Roman Empire.
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