Roman baths of Gafsa
The Roman baths of Gafsa (
Gafsa Oases were both established because of a local spring that emerges from the nearby mountains.[4] Sallust mentioned the oasis/settlement existing circa 100 BC.[4] A "Byzantine fortress" also remains.[5]
The American 16th Infantry Regiment used the baths for a respite during the North African campaign of World War II.[6]
See also
- Aïn Doura Baths
- Licinian Baths
- List of Roman public baths
- List of Byzantine forts and other structures in the Maghreb
References
- ^ Car Illustrated: A Journal of Travel by Land, Sea, & Air. 1905.
- ^ Young, George Frederick (1916). East and West Through Fifteen Centuries: Being a General History from B.C. 44 to A.D. 1453. Longmans, Green and Company.
- ISBN 978-1-80327-301-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-108-49444-1.
- ^ Economic Yearbook of Tunisia. Azzedine Ben Achour. 1964.
- ^ Regiment, 16th, United States Army Infantry (1999). The 16th Infantry, 1861-1946. Cricket Press.
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34°24′56″N 8°47′13″E / 34.41565°N 8.78696°E
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