Roman roads in Africa
Almost all Roman roads in Africa were built in the first two centuries AD. In 14 AD Legio III Augusta completed a road from Tacape to Ammaedara: the first Roman road in Africa. In 42 AD the kingdom of Mauretania was annexed by Rome. Emperor Claudius then restored and widened a Carthaginian trail and extended it west and east. This way the Romans created a continuous coastal highway stretching for 2,100 miles from the Atlantic to the Nile. In 137 Hadrian built the Via Hadriana in the eastern desert of Egypt. It ran from Antinoopolis to Berenice.
Claudius' road that began west of Carthage followed the coastline connecting the coastal towns. From Hippo Regius, on the coast, it continued westwards to Icosium, Caesarea, as far as Rusaddir and Tingis. It then continued along the Atlantic coast through Iulia Constantia Zilil and Lixus to Sala Colonia. East of Carthage the road went through the region of the Carthaginian trading stations Sabratha, Oea-Tripolis, Leptis Magna and Cyrenaica before coming to Alexandria and the lower Nile region.Itinaries
;According to the Antonine Itinerary
- Coastal road through Skikda to Carthage
- Road from Carthage to Constantine
- Road from Tébessa to Sétif, via Tazoult
- Road from El Krib to Constantine
- Road from Constantine to Annaba
- Road from Annaba to Carthage, via Chemtou
- Road from Annaba to Carthage, via Le Kef
- Road from Thyna to Tébessa
- Road from Haffouz ? to Sbiba
- Road from Zanfour to Thyna
- Road from Tebourba to Gabès, via Sidi Medien
- Road from Carthage to Sbeïtla, via El Krib
- Road from Carthage to Sousse, via Sbeïtla
- Road from El Djem to Tébessa
- Road from Tébessa to El Jem, via :de:Abbir Germaniciana|Germaniciana
- Road from Sbiba to Sousse
- Road from El Djem to Tébessa
- Road from Tébessa to El Djem, via :de:Abbir Germaniciana|Germaniciana
- Road from Sbiba to Sousse
- Road from Sbeïtla to Kélibia
- Road from Carthage to Kélibia
- Coastal road from Carthage to Alexandria, via Thyna and Lebda
- Road called the road of the limes Tripolitanus, from Gabès to Lebda
- Road from Medina El-Kdima to Gabès
;According to Peutinger's Table :
- Roads from Gabès to Medina El-Kdima, via Nefta and alternatives
- Roads from Medina El-Kdima to Takembrit
- Road from El Djem to Tébessa, via Jama
- Road from El Djem to Aïn Hedja, via Henchir Kasbat