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VI GEBEL EL-ASKER ROUTE - Capsa to Turris Tamalleni
(a) Published milestones
71. M/s of Trajan (A. D. 105), m. p. XXII from Capsa, erected by civitas
Capsensium. Donau 1904b, 355. CRAI 1909,572; ILAf 655.
72. M/s of Trajan (105) m. p. (xxvIIJ. Toutain 1906,248; ILAf 655.
73-74. M/ss of Trajan (105) erected by the civitas Nybgeniorum at m. p. XXIX
and XXVIII from civitas Nybgeniorum (Telmine) (- 32 and 33 m. p. from
Capsa). Donau 1909b, 279-80; CRAI 1909,573-74; ILAF 655, ILT 1722.
75. M/s of Caracalla, mileage figure unknown. BCTH 1927,241,1938-39-40,
225; ILAf 655; ILT 1722.
The course of this route across the Cherb range and the Chott Fedjedji
is fairly well established by these milestones and by the topography. See
further Donau 1904b, 354-59; 1909b, 277-81; Toutain 1906,242-50;
Trousset 1978,165-68.
VII
THE CENTRAL ROAD - Oea to Mizda
(a) Published milestones
76-91 M/ss of Caracalla (216) from m. p. LVII, Lxxxll, L XXIIII, LXXXV,
LXXXVI, C(V). (CVIJ. CVII, (CVIII], C(X] plus six others with
no surviving mileage no. IRT 940,941,944,945,949,950-952,
954-955,957-962.
92. M/s of Maximinus (235-238) from m. p. LXXXV. IRT 946.
93-4. M/ss of Gordian III (238-44) from m. p. LxXXII, L[XxXV]. IRT 942,947.
95-96 M/ss of Callienus (262) from m. p. (LXXXV), LVIII. IRT 942,953.
See further Goodchild 1948,15-22 (for most of the full texts), 1971,
159,168-69; Bartoccini 1948,150-57. The m/ss give a very good idea of
the course of the road from Tripoli to the Garian plateau and down the
Mizda gap. The route south of Mizda to Gheriat does not seem to have been
marked with milestones, a fact which lends credence to the supposition that
Mizda was the site of another Roman fort.
VIII THE UPPER SOFEGGIN ROAD : Zintan (Thenteos) to Mizda
(a) Published milestones
99-104 M/ss of Caracalla (216) at zn. p. xxv, Xxxii or XXxIII, XLIII, XLVIIII
(plus two of uncertain mileage). IRT 963-966,968-69.
105. M/s of Maximinus (237) mile [XLIII] IRT 967; Bartoccini, 1948,151;
cf Goodchild 1948,15 no. 15.
Several rough-hewn and uninscribed milestones from the Wadi Sofeggin
a few km W of Mizda indicate the final stages of this route. The caput viae
of the road is in the Zintan area, presumably Thenteo. s, whilst the absence
of other m/ss E of Mizda is further evidence for the importance of Mizda
itself as the terminus of two marked roads. See further, Coro 1935,
69-75; Goodchild 1948,22-23, Bartoccini 1948,151-52.
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