Thysdrus
Ancient city · Tunisia
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.296, 10.708
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: city of Ancient Rome
History
Thysdrus was a Carthaginian town and Roman colony near present-day El Djem, Tunisia. Under the Romans, it was the center of olive oil production in the provinces of Africa and Byzacena and was quite prosperous. The surviving amphitheater is a World Heritage Site.