New Roman milestones and other Latin inscriptions from Bani Walid, Tripolitania

This paper publishes the texts of three new Roman milestones and two other Latin texts from the vicinity of Bani Walid. These stones were found lying on the ground in the western suburbs of the city, apparently having been collected up and put aside by the landowners in clearing their fields to grow...

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Published inLibyan studies Vol. 53; pp. 61 - 69
Main Authors Elmayer, Abdulhafid F., Salway, Benet
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2022
Subjects
3rd century
Archaeology
Crops
Deserts
Farms
Infrastructure
Inscriptions
Landowners
Lying
Part 1: Research Papers
Roads & highways
Cyrenaica
Africa
agriculture
roads
transport
economy
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Summary:This paper publishes the texts of three new Roman milestones and two other Latin texts from the vicinity of Bani Walid. These stones were found lying on the ground in the western suburbs of the city, apparently having been collected up and put aside by the landowners in clearing their fields to grow crops on their farms. Although previously postulated, these milestones are the first confirmation that a Roman road ran through Bani Walid. As a group these new texts offer new insight into the development of the transport infrastructure and agricultural economy of this Pre-Desert zone in the third century AD.
ISSN:0263-7189
2052-6148
DOI:10.1017/lis.2022.23