Roman Africans
De Roman Africans anaa African Romans (Latin: Afri) na e be de ancient populations of Roman North Africa wey na e get a Romanized culture, some of whom na dem speak dema own variety of Latin as a result.[1] Na dem exist from de Roman conquest til na dema language gradually fade out after de Arab conquest of North Africa insyd de Early Middle Ages (approximately de 8th century AD).
Na Roman Africans live insyd all the coastal cities of contemporary Tunisia, Western Libya, Eastern Algeria, as well as West Algeria den Northern Morocco, though insyd a more limited fashion, dem mainly concentrate insyd de coastal areas den large towns. De area between East Algeria den Western Libya cam be known under Arab rule as Ifriqiya, an Arabized version of de name of de Roman province of Africa.
Na chaw Roman Africans generally be local Berbers anaa Punics, buh dem sanso be de descendants of de populations wey cam directly from Rome den Roman Italy einself anaa de diverse regions of de Empire as legionaries den senators.
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[edit | edit source]- ↑ Gilbert Meynier, l'Algérie des origines: de la préhistoire à l'avènement de l'islam, Éditions La Découverte, 2007, from p. 65, chapter "Sous la domination romaine: les Romano-Africains".
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Gibbon. Edward Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1888)
- Southern, Pat. The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine Routledge. London, 2001