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New evidence for a Roman fort and vicus at Mizda (Tripolitania)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Florian Schimmer
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The existence of a Roman military fort at the town of Mizda, about 150 km south of Tripoli, has long been assumed, in spite of scarce archaeological indications. A field survey, conducted recently in the area around the old town of Mizda, yielded an assemblage of pottery dating to the mid and late Roman periods. The pottery provides the first unequivocal evidence for a Roman settlement around (and beneath) the old town, most probably in the form of a fort and vicus.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 43 , 2012 , pp. 33 - 39
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2012

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