Which Roman site in north-west Tunisia is famous for villas built partly underground to escape the heat?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Bulla Regia
- Step 1: The rich of Bulla Regia built a second floor below ground. Step 2. Compare each option with this fact and discard those that conflict with it. Answer: Bulla Regia. Why not the others: Dougga, Thuburbo Majus and Sufetula do not fit the fact above; they describe different things or do not match the question.
Practise more Ancient to Colonial History.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed General Knowledge (Tunisia) mock tests.
More Ancient to Colonial History questions
- Which people from Tyre founded Carthage, traditionally in 814 BC?
- Which Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with elephants in 218 BC?
- Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at Zama in 202 BC?
- Which Roman commander destroyed Carthage in 146 BC at the end of the Third Punic War?
- Which name did the Romans give to the province they created around Carthage in 146 BC?
- Which town, once Thysdrus, has one of the best preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world?