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The Romans built roads, bridges, aqueducts, sewers, public baths, temples and amphitheatres (arenas for gladiatorial games) in North Africa just as they did throughput the Roman Empire. They also built new cities or developed existed ones. In Egypt canals in disrepair were repaired and new ones were built to increase irrigation and the amount of cultivable land.
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Where did Rome get aqueducts?
The Romans built aqueducts all over the Roman Empire, from Britain to Spain, from Gaul (France) to Greece, from Turkey to Palestine and across north Africa.
How the Romans took over Africa?
North Africa north of the Sahara, not all of Africa - by elominating Carthage and takung the kingdoms as subservient allies (such as the client kingdom of Numidia) or as provinces (such as Egypt)..
Why did Hannibal go back to North Africa in 203 b.c?
He was a citizen of Carthage, on the African coast, who spent years fighting against the Romans and who occupied northern Italy for a time seeking a truce with the Romans. The Romans were tricky and thought if they attacked Carthage that Hannibal would be forced to leave Italy and return to North Africa to defend is homeland. The trick worked and Hannibal returned to North Africa. He left his elephants in the care of several Zoos in Italy.
Did the Romans used much of North Africa as a salt mine?
yes they did, it was on my world history test.
Why did the Romans call the Carthage punica?
Punicus was their word for Phoenician, which had established Carthage as a colony in North Africa.
Did the Romans kill all lions in north Africa?
yes There are no lions in the North of Africa today because the Romans used the all for fighting in the Colosseum. After about 100 days they would slaughtered them. Because they slaughtered so many they ran out of lions in North Africa. So blame the Romans for wiping out the North African lions!
What animal did the Romans introduce in North Africa?
North Africa already had the animals which existed in southern Europe. The process was the other way round. The Romans imported animals form north Africa and beyond: the Barbary lions and the Atlas bears of north Africa, elephants, rhinos and giraffes form deeper in Africa.
Why was there an war between Mauretania in North Africa and the late roman empire?
Because the Romans wanted to conquer North Africa.
How has the Sahara Desert impacted contact between north Africa and the rest of Africa?
the Sahara dessert prevent the north of Africa from trading with the south the Sahara also prevented the Romans from conquering the whole of Africa.
Where did Rome get aqueducts?
The Romans built aqueducts all over the Roman Empire, from Britain to Spain, from Gaul (France) to Greece, from Turkey to Palestine and across north Africa.
How the Romans took over Africa?
North Africa north of the Sahara, not all of Africa - by elominating Carthage and takung the kingdoms as subservient allies (such as the client kingdom of Numidia) or as provinces (such as Egypt)..
Why did Hannibal go back to North Africa in 203 b.c?
He was a citizen of Carthage, on the African coast, who spent years fighting against the Romans and who occupied northern Italy for a time seeking a truce with the Romans. The Romans were tricky and thought if they attacked Carthage that Hannibal would be forced to leave Italy and return to North Africa to defend is homeland. The trick worked and Hannibal returned to North Africa. He left his elephants in the care of several Zoos in Italy.
Did the Romans used much of North Africa as a salt mine?
yes they did, it was on my world history test.
What resources did the Romans take from their conquered lands in north Africa?
For the most part it was human capital.
Why did the Romans built the London bridge?
To cross from the South side of the River Thames to the North side.
Did Rome ever rule Ghana?
The Romans did not get anywhere near Ghana. The only conquered North Africa.
Why did the Romans call the Carthage punica?
Punicus was their word for Phoenician, which had established Carthage as a colony in North Africa.
