Thysdrus
settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD
Thysdrus (modern El Djem, Tunisia) was a Punic and Roman city of North Africa. It flourished in the second century A.D. and built its massive amphitheater in the third century. After an abortive revolt in A.D. 238, the city was destroyed by soldiers loyal to Maximinus Thrax.
- Coordinates
- 35.29606, 10.70758
- Also known as
- Al Jamm, El Djem (deu), El Djem (ar), El Djem (ar), El Jem (deu), Sidi el Djem, Thysdritania colonia (lat), Θύσδρος (grc), Эль Джем (rus), الجم (ara)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BYiDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)