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Tillibari (Ramada); Thenteos (nr Zintan - perhaps) ; Auru (Ain el
Auenia) ; Thenadassa (Ain Wif) ; Mesphe (Medina Doga. - perhaps). See
also App. 1, section II.
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52. See Appendix 1, section II, for the limes road.
53. IRT 895 (App. 3, no. 40).
54. Barth 1857,123-124.
55. Barth 1857,123: "It is a round Arab tower, only two large ancient
stones having been made use of as jambs, while a large slab, covered
with an inscription, is used as an impost, owing to which circumstance
the inhabitants generally regard even the tower as a Christian or
Roman building. The inscription
fortified station... "
... was evidently taken from the
56. Goodchild 1954,54-55 and note 26 (1976 edition), gave the context as
"built into the doorway of a small circular tower, of post-Roman
date. " He did note the German parallels for the use of the term
burgus (p. 54), but concluded rather contradictorily that it could
apply to the construction of the fort itself.
57. Welsby 1983,57-64. The survey by Dr. Welsby and myself in 1981
showed that the structure marked "tower or gate" on Goodchild's plan
was indeed the semi-circular front of a gate tower. The small masonry
is the same as that of the lookout tower so it is not clear why
Goodchild thought that the one close to the fort was probably Roman
(p. 52) and the more distant one not.
58. Cheriat: IRT 896 (App. 3, no. 39); Bu Njem: Rebuffat 1973b, 123,
inscriptions 72-28 and (unpub) 70-64 refer to the decurion of an ala
in charge of a nunerus. See also Rebuffat and Marichal 1973,181-86;
Marichal 1979,436. (App. 3, nos. 55,63-64,69-70,72,75-77);
Thenteos: the foundation of Gasr Duib in A. D. 244-46 implies the
continued existence of a major site at Thenteos (nr. Zintan)
(App. 3, no. 31).
59. Bir Rhezene: The titles of the Leg III Aug were reengraved post-253
on ILAf 26 (App. 3, no. 1) and a limes Bizeritanus is known in the
No ti ti a (Occ, XXXI, 5; XXXI, 20) ; Remada : No ti ti a Occ. XXV, 33; XXXI,
21; Euzennat and Trousset 1975,23-26, for structural evidence;
Ksar Rhilane: the titles of the Third Legion were not reengraved post-
A. D. 253 but the coin sequence at the site included fourteen of midthird
century date (out of a total of 21 identifiable), Gorbeaud
1901,91-92.
60. Rebuffat 1983b, 912-14 for the text of A. D. 236-238 showing the
n unerus in garrison alongside the legionary vexillation (App. 3, no. 60).
See also note 58, above.
61. App. 3, no. 39, cf Loriot 1971,342-46. The unit's name would fit
nicely in line 3, [milit. coh. I Syrorum Sa]g
note 105, below.
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62. IRT 880 (App. 3, no. 31); Ward-Perkins and Goodchild 1949,24-29.
63. Marichal 1979,436-52; Rebuffat and Marichal 1973,181-86;
Rebuffat 1982a, 492-99.
64. Publication of the ostraca is forthcoming in the Supplements to Libya
Antiqua series. The inscription of the "praepositus limes" is
due to appear with other epigraphic discoveries in forthcoming
editions of Libya Antiqua (probably XIII-XIV).
65. Rebuffat 1982a, 508-09. CIL 8.22765 a ILT 3 (App. 3, no. 12)
Ras el Ain.
66. Most of the recorded events are banal and routine, see note 63 above.
67. Goodchild 1971,157-61; ART 943 (A. D. 275), IRT 953 (A. D. 271) and
IRT 956 (A. D. 262) indicate the continued importance of this route
at a time of retrenchment elsewhere.
68. Gombeaud 1901,91-92; Trousset 1974,92-94.