African Romance
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African Romance, African Latin or Afroromance is an extinct Romance language that was spoken in the various provinces of Roman Africa by the African Romans under the later Roman Empire and its various
The Fossa regia (in pink) marked the approximate border between the province of Africa and Numidia.
An inscription from one of the gates to the theatre at Leptis Magna, indicating that Latin and Punic co-existed in Northern Africa for centuries.
Fifth century AD inscription at the Leptis Magna forum, Libya.
The earliest known portrait of Saint Augustine in a 6th-century fresco, Lateran, Rome.
Roman Africans
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The Roman Africans or African Romans were the ancient populations of Roman Africa that had a Romanized culture, some of whom spoke their own variety of Latin as a result. They existed from the Roman c
Portrait of the Roman African poet Terentius
The amphitheatre of Thysdrus (modern El Djem, Tunisia).
Mosaic of vineyard workers from Caesarea in Mauretania