Kasserine

  • Kasserine is a town located near the Kasserine Pass in the Atlas Mountains of Tunisia.
  • It holds the Ruins of the Roman city of Cillium, or Cillilana, which was in the Roman Province of Africa Proconsularis.

Kasserine Pass

  • Cillium (Kasserine) was built at the entrance of a strategic Pass through the Atlas Mountains.
  • The Kasserine Pass is a 2 mile (3.2km) long Pass through the Atlas Mountains, which controls the road to Constantine (Cirta) in Algeria.
  • A major Battle was fought here in WWII between the Allied Army and the German Army.

Roman Sites

  • Basilica
  • Baths
  • Theatre (restored)
    • seating for 1,000 spectators
  • Triumphal Arches
  • Mausoleums
  • Kasserine Dam
    • This was a 2nd century CE Roman Gravity Arch Dam that provided water for Cillium.

 

Cillium Roman Ruins, Kasserine

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