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The Lost Domain: the rural archaeology of Africa in the Roman Empire - M DE VOS RAAIJMAKERS, and B. MAURINA, eds. 2019. RUS AFRICUM 4. La fattoria bizantina di Aïn Wassel, Africa Proconsularis (Alto Tell, Tunisia). Lo scavo stratigrafico e i materiali. Roman Archaeology 58. Oxford: Archaeopress. Pp. xiv and 438. ISBN 978-1-78969-115-3.

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M DE VOS RAAIJMAKERS, and B. MAURINA, eds. 2019. RUS AFRICUM 4. La fattoria bizantina di Aïn Wassel, Africa Proconsularis (Alto Tell, Tunisia). Lo scavo stratigrafico e i materiali. Roman Archaeology 58. Oxford: Archaeopress. Pp. xiv and 438. ISBN 978-1-78969-115-3.

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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , December 2023 , pp. 579 - 589
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