Place:El Djem, Al Mahdíyah, Tunisia

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NameEl Djem
Alt namesAl Jammsource: USBGN: Tunisia (1964) p 108
Al Jemsource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
El Jemsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-53
El Jemmsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
El-Djemsource: GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Thysdrussource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates35.3°N 10.717°E
Located inAl Mahdíyah, Tunisia
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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El Djem or El Jem (Tunisian Arabic:) is a town in Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia. Its population was 21,576 during the 2014 census. It is home to Roman remains including the "Amphitheater of El Jem".

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The Roman city of Thysdrus was built, like almost all Roman settlements in ancient Tunisia, on former Punic settlements. In a less arid climate than today's, Thysdrus prospered as an important center of olive oil production and export. It was the seat of a Christian bishopric, which is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.

By the early 3rd century, when the amphitheater was built, Thysdrus rivaled Hadrumetum (modern Sousse) as the second city of Roman North Africa after Carthage. However, following the abortive revolt that began there in AD238 and Gordian's suicide in his villa near Carthage, Roman troops loyal to the emperor Maximinus Thrax sacked the city. The town is shown on the 4th-century Peutinger Map.

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