North African Roman Mosaics and Decorative Arts (1st–5th centuries CE)

1. Roman rule expands across North Africa

   Jan 1, 146 BCELabels: Roman Province, Roman Cities

   • UNESCO Carthage

2. Carthage rebuilt as a Roman colonial city

   Jan 1, 44 BCELabels: Carthage Roman, Roman Colony

   • UNESCO Carthage

3. Mosaic workshops spread with African urban growth

   Jan 1, 50Labels: Mosaic Workshops, North African

   • UNESCO Carthage

4. Public spectacle themes appear in Carthage mosaics

   Jan 1, 125Labels: Carthage Circus, Public Spectacle

   • Circus Mosaic
   • UNESCO Carthage

5. Neptune procession mosaic made at Hadrumetum

   Jan 1, 150Labels: Hadrumetum Mosaic, Neptune Mosaic

   • Neptune Mosaic
   • SmithsonianMag

6. Months-and-seasons mosaics link art to calendar life

   Jan 1, 222Labels: Thysdrus Mosaics, Months and

   • Pers e Study
   • RomeArtLover

7. Virgil portrait mosaic produced and later preserved

   Jan 1, 226Labels: Virgil Mosaic, Literary Portrait

   • Virgil Mosaic
   • SmithsonianMag

8. El Jem amphitheatre built during regional prosperity

   Jan 1, 238Labels: El Jem, Thysdrus

   • UNESCO ElJem

9. Christian imagery rises in late antique mosaics

   Jan 1, 450Labels: Christian Mosaics, Late Antique

   • WHE Sufetula
   • UNESCO Carthage

10. Service of Antiquities begins systematic Tunisian archaeology

    Jan 1, 1885Labels: Service of, Archaeology Institution

    • INP Tunisia
    • UNESCO Carthage

11. Alaoui (Bardo) Museum opens and centralizes mosaics

    May 7, 1888Labels: Bardo Museum, Alaoui Museum

    • Bardo Museum
    • TheNational

12. Carthage listed by UNESCO, strengthening heritage protection

    Jan 1, 1979Labels: Carthage UNESCO, Archaeological Site

    • UNESCO Carthage
    • UNESCO SOC

13. Dougga inscribed by UNESCO, linking ruins and museum collections

    Dec 7, 1997Labels: Dougga UNESCO, Thugga

    • UNESCO Dougga