Dougga

 

 

Dougga

 

 

 

Dougga - Temple of Mercury

 

 

 

Dougga

 

 

 

Dougga

 

 

 

Dougga

 

 

 

Dougga

 

 

 

Dougga - The Brothel

 

 

 

Dougga - Licinian Baths

 

 

 

Dougga - Temple of Juno Caelestis

 

 

 

Dougga - Latrines in the Bath of Cyclopes

 

 

 

Dougga - Cyclops' Mosaic

 

 

 

Dougga - The Lybico-Punic Mausoleum

 

 

 

Dougga - The Lybico-Punic Mausoleum

 

 

 

Dougga - Amphitheatre

 

 

 

Dougga - Amphitheatre

 

 

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Dougga is unusual for a Roman city in that it is built on the slopes of a hill. The  Romans liked building their towns & cities on level ground & if a hill got in the way, they would simply flatten it - as they did when they rebuilt Carthage.

 

It is an ancient city, founded in the 6th century BC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dougga is the largest of the archaeological sites that we visited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fortress-like building on the left is the Licinian Baths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This mosaic in the Bardo was taken from the Bath of the Cyclopes. I still think that the cyclopes in Vulcan's forge have two eyes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A royal Numidian mausoleum. Unfortunately a British archaeologist in the 1840s damaged it significantly while removing the inscriptions, which are now in the British Museum. The photo below shows the monument prior to its reconstruction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A quadriga (4 horse chariot) from the monument.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every Roman city had at least one amphitheatre. This one has particularly spectacular views as a backdrop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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