{"product_id":"rome-in-africa-9780415082617","title":"Rome in Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly three thousand years ago the Phoenicians set up trading colonies on the coast of North Africa  and ever since successive civilizations have been imposed on the local inhabitants  largely from outside. Carthaginians  Romans  vandals  Byzantines  Arabs  TUrks  French and Italians have all occupied the region in their time. The Romans governed this part of Africa for six hundred cities  twelve thousand miles of roads and hundreds of aquaducts  some fifty miles long. The remains of many of these structures can be seen today. At the height of its prosperity  during the second and third centuries AD  the area was the granary of Rome  and produced more olive oil than Italy itself. The broadening horizons of the Roman Empire provided scope for the particular talents of a number of Africas sons: the writers Terence and Apuleius; the first African Roman Emperor Septimius Severus  famous Christian theologians like Tertulllian and Saint Augustine - these are just some who rose to meet the challenges of their age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651745964085,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415082617","price":161.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415082617.jpg?v=1781839064","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rome-in-africa-9780415082617","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}