kafaz

Updated: June 28, 2025

The Egyptians ruled it; then the Phoenicians, who called it Kafaz the walled; and after the destruction of Carthage it became the retreat and treasure-house of Numidian kings. Greeks, too, exercised a powerful influence on the place, and all these civilized peoples had prepared Gafsa to appreciate the beneficent rule of the Romans.

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