Show x x x x X X X X X X X X X X Z X X X X X l 1 Lasting Monument to Glory of Early Iy Rome 1 BI El 1 DJ Tunis contains one of the time finest Roman monuments In fu fIlea mm nn amphitheater of or five stories fhe the third larg largest St st in lu the tIme world wand Situated Situ Situ- on n a plain near the time desert t tier l r it can be seen miles ofT off I rising m like a n mountain of stone slone dominating domi tIme the surrounding lund landscape and anel completely dwarfing the mabby little rall village e at nt Its Irs base hase The ihme e pillars and blocks of one tolle used In Its notion timid had to tobe 0 be he j over oer specially um built roads bv uy by- mm an un army or of slaves slave and arid teams ofen of en xen from quarries rles twenty fIllI miles I occupation ceased Roman away ny The I aut at the rho end nd of the century but butI butis massive well ed structure ure- ure I ii his is still stan stands s a u silent and enduring witness to past glory No trace of ot the time luxurious city of of- remains which fIlch with Its Is O inhabitants once occupied oc the tle I site of the time present day squalid village l' l of Kl ii DI Diem nor do the surrounding empty J lPt plains vl uli with It ii camels nibbling al at cactus cadus bushes s help us to to I visualize tb- tb thickly populated towns and fertile tile fields of former days istian dars Christian Sd ence Monitor |