Africa
Also known as Africa Proconsularis, Africa Vetus, Africa (Roman province), Africa Province, Province of Africa, Roman province of Africa
Roman province on the northern African coast covering parts of present-day Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya
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Africa was a Roman province located along the northern African coast in an area that today includes parts of Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya. It was an important territorial possession of the Roman Empire in North Africa during the classical period.
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Africa was a Roman province on the northern coast of the continent of Africa. It was established in 146 BC, following the Roman Republic's conquest of Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, and the coast of western Libya along the Gulf of Sidra. The territory was originally and still is inhabited by Berbers, known in Latin as the Numidae and Maurii, indigenous to all of North Africa west of Egypt. In the 9th century BC, Semitic-speaking Phoenicians from the Levant built coastal settlements across the Mediterranean to support and expand their shipping networks. In the 8th century BC, the settlement of Carthage became the predominant Phoenician colony. Rome began expanding into Africa after annexing Carthage in 146 BC at the end of the Punic Wars, and into Numidia from 25 BC, establishing Roman colonies in the region.
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