Note 004
Now Tibesh, in the kingdom of Algiers. It is
watered by a river, the Sujerass, which falls into the
Mejerda, (Bagradas.) Tibesh is still remarkable for its
walls of large stones, (like the Coliseum of Rome,) a
fountain, and a grove of walnut-trees: the country is
fruitful, and the neighboring Bereberes are warlike. It
appears from an inscription, that, under the reign of
Adrian, the road from Carthage to Tebeste was constructed by
the third legion, (Marmol, Description de l'Afrique, tom.
ii. p. 442, 443. Shaw's Travels, p. 64, 65, 66.)
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 43