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The Centenaria of Roman Tripolitania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

A. F. Elmayer
A. F. Elmayer*
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University College, London
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Abstract

Controversy surrounds the reason why the centenaria were introduced into the pre-desert area of Tripolitania. This paper examines two conflicting theories; that of Goodchild that they were military in origin and that of Brogan and the Unesco Libyan Valleys team that they were in the main merely substantial private dwellings. The main contribution of this study is to provide new evidence from Latino-Punic inscriptions that the centenaria were private dwellings on private land.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 16 , 1985 , pp. 77 - 84
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1985

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