Fossatum Africae information

Fossatum Africae
Fossatum Africae
North Africa
	Black lines indicate approximate path of the 4 sections of the Fossatum Africae according to Baradez (1949). See text below for details.
Type	"Wall"
Site information
Owner	Algeria, Tunisia
Controlled by	Roman Empires
Site history
Built	122 A.C

Fossatum Africae ("African ditch") is one or more linear defensive structures (sometimes called limes) claimed to extend over 750 km (470 mi) or more^[1] in northern Africa constructed during the Roman Empire to defend and control the southern borders of the Empire in Africa. It is considered to be part of the greater frontier system in Roman Africa.

It is considered to have many similarities of construction to Hadrian's Wall, one of the northern borders of the Empire in Britain.

^ This figure depends very much on the way it is measured over the intervals where the Fossatum was not constructed or has disappeared, and includes a significant section which may not be a fossatum.

[1] This figure depends very much on the way it is measured over the intervals where the Fossatum was not constructed or has disappeared, and includes a significant section which may not be a fossatum.

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