ABSTRACT
By 44 bc the whole of the North African coastline already lay within the Roman sphere of influence, and in general, from the viewpoint of the Roman state, the region remained untroublesome for the next three centuries, whether by the cooperation or the suppression of the natives. Change consisted of urbanization and increased prosperity through intensive agricultural exploitation, even of marginal land, and the production for export of olive oil, grain and pottery artefacts. 1
