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Dougga or Thugga (Berber: Dugga, Tugga, ') is an ancient Roman city in northern Tunisia, included in a 65 hectare archaeological site.〔(Map of the archaeological site )〕 UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997, believing that it represents “the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa”. The site, which lies in the middle of the countryside, has been protected from the encroachment of modern urbanisation, in contrast, for example, to Carthage, which has been pillaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions. Thugga’s size, its well-preserved monuments and its rich Numidian-Berber, Punic, ancient Roman and Byzantine history make it exceptional. Amongst the most famous monuments at the site are a Libyco-Punic Mausoleum, the capitol, the theatre, and the temples of Saturn and of Juno Caelestis. == Location == The archaeological site is located 〔(Detailed map showing location of Thugga in Roman Africa )〕 4.6 kilometres SSW of the modern town of Téboursouk, on a plateau with an uninhibited view of the surrounding plains in the Oued Khalled. The slope on which Dougga is built rises to the north and is bordered in the east by the cliff known as Kef Dougga.〔Sophie Saint-Amans, ''Topographie religieuse de Thugga (Dougga). Ville romaine d’Afrique proconsulaire (Tunisie)'', éd. Ausonius, Bordeaux, 2004, p. 17〕 Further to the east, the ridge of the Fossa regia, a ditch realised by the Romans after the destruction of Carthage to mark the limits of the territory captured and incorporated into their empire and its distinction from the lands left to Numidians allied to Rome, are a testimony to Dougga’s position as a point of contact between the Punic and Berber worlds. The site offers a high degree of natural protection, which helps to explain its early occupation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dougga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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