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El-Jem El Jem Colosseum Built on the ruins of the ancient city of Thysdrus, the city of El Jem is home to the largest amphitheatre in the Roman Empire. © Cyril Sapoko

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  • El Jem Colosseum
  • El Djem
  • The El Djem Amphitheatre
  • The El Djem Archaeological Museum
  • The town of El Djem
  • An El Djem mosaic

The El-Djem Coliseum, an immense relic of the Roman Empire, was built between 230 and 240 AD. Erected in the city of El-Djem (also known as Thysdrus, its Latin name), one of the most prosperous in Roman Africa at the peak of the Empire's glory, this coliseum was roughly 100 ft high with a capacity of over 20,000 spectators. It is one of the last Roman amphitheatres and one of the last to have kept its lion's den which is still visible today.

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