Roman roads in Tunisia at a glance
Tunisia has about 10,461 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 587 segments. That puts it 10th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 3% of it is classed as certain; 91% is conjectured and 7% is hypothetical. None of the roads here has a well-known name in the data, so the map shows unnamed Roman roads only. 446 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 10,461 kmof Roman road
- 587segments
- 0named roads
- 446Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 282 | 3% |
| Conjectured | 9,488 | 91% |
| Hypothetical | 690 | 7% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
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Roman places in Tunisia
446 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Agbia
- Thubursicu Bure
- Thugga
- Capsa (Iustiniana)
- Sufetula
- Ammaedara
- Matar
- Thuburbo Maius
- Thysdrus
- Assuras
- Coreva
- Musti
- Pupput
- Thala
- Masclianae
- Numluli
- Sicca Veneria
- Aquae Regiae
- Hadrumetum
- Obba
- Sufes
- Tacape
- Vaga
- Zama Regia
- Ad Speculum?
- Ad Turres?
- Ain-Golea
- Bennafa
- Lepti Minus
- Mactaris
- Ponte Zitha
- Simitthu
- Thabraca
- Thelepte
- Tichilla
- Aquae Tacapitanae
- Bulla Regia
- Chusira
- Membressa
- Tabalati?
- Taparura
- Thacia
- Vicus Augusti?
- Aeliae?
- Agger
- Agma
- Ain-Kradkrada
- Aunobari
- Bezereos
- Bir-Oum-Ali
- Bisica Lucana
- Henchir-el-Abiod
- Henchir-el-Houaria
- Lares
- Martae
- Menegesem
- Mutia?
- Nara?
- Naraggara
- Oviscae?
Towns near Roman roads in Tunisia
These are the larger towns in Tunisia that lie within 5 km of a Roman road line on the map (not counting the hypothetical lines). Being close to a Roman road does not make a town Roman, but it shows where the old routes still pass by today.
- Tunis
- Sfax
- Sousse
- Sukrah
- Kairouan
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Tunisia boundary. See all data sources and licences.