Roman baths of Gafsa

The Roman baths of Gafsa (French: Piscines Romaines) are well-preserved[1] remnants of the Limes Tripolitanus era of North African history, when Gafsa, Tunisia was called Capsa.

[2] According to a history of water in the Roman world, "there are two open-air central pools" in part because it was a Trajanic colony.

[3] The baths and the nearby Gafsa Oases were both established because of a local spring that emerges from the nearby mountains.

[4] Sallust mentioned the oasis/settlement existing circa 100 BC.

[5] The American 16th Infantry Regiment used the baths for a respite during the North African campaign of World War II.