Amphitheatre
Half dug into the hill.
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Uthina, or Oudhna, was an ancient Roman-Carthaginian city south of Tunis, about 22 km south of Tunis in a straight line. It was a town in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, in today's northern Tunisia. Uthina became a Roman colony of veterans of the Thirteenth Legion under Emperor Augustus and was mentioned by Ptolemy and Pliny the Elder. Its ruins cover a hilly plateau about five kilometres around, with remains of a fortress, cisterns, an aqueduct, a triumphal arch, a theatre, an amphitheatre and a bridge, along with many mosaics. Its best-known monument is the Roman amphitheatre from Hadrian's reign, 113 by 90 metres, half dug into the hill so that the seats rest on the slope, with only the upper part and its stone arches above ground. Olive groves and green hills surround the ruins. Visitors walk among the remains of baths, houses and the amphitheatre and go through the arched passages beneath the seating. The site is quiet and little visited, and makes a half-day trip from Tunis by car.
Half dug into the hill.
Under the seats.
Baths and houses.
Oudhna, Ben Arous, Tunisia
Yes, from Tunis.
Spring and autumn.