Tunisia El Jem
The city was built, like almost all Roman settlements in Tunisia, on former Punic settlements. In a less arid climate than today's, Roman Thysdrus prospered especially in the 2nd century, when it became an important center of olive oil manufacturing for export. It was the seat of a Christian bishop - which is still occupied by a titular Roman Catholic bishop today.
By the early 3rd century AD, when the amphitheater was built, Thysdrus rivaled Hadrumetum (modern Sousse) as the second city of Roman North Africa, after Carthage. However, following the abortive revolt that began there in 238 AD, and Gordian I's suicide in his villa near Carthage, Roman troops loyal to the Emperor Maximinus Thrax destroyed the city. It never really recovered.
The amphitheater was used for filming some of the scenes from the 1979 Monty Python film The Life of Brian and was also used for filming some of the scenes from the Academy Award (Oscar) winning film Gladiator.
El Djem is famous for its amphitheater, often incorrectly called a Colosseum (roughly translated from Latin as 'that thing by the Colossus'), which is capable of seating 35,000 spectators. Only the Flavian Amphitheater in Rome (about 50,000 spectators) and the ruined theatre of Capua are larger. The amphitheatre at El Djem was built by the Romans under proconsul Gordian, who was acclaimed Emperor at Thysdrus, around 238 and was probably[citation needed] mainly used for gladiator shows and chariot races (like in Ben-Hur). Many tourists come here to see what it was like to be inside what was once a place where lions and people met their fate. Much of it is crumbled but the essence of it still remains. It is also possible that construction of the amphitheatre was never finished.
Until the 17th century it remained more or less whole. From then on its stones were used for building the nearby village of El Djem and transported to the Great Mosque in Kairouan, and at a tense moment during struggles with the Ottomans, the Turks used cannons to flush rebels out of the amphitheatre.
The ruins of the amphitheatre were declared a World Heritage Site in 1979.
Drifting sand is preserving the market city of Thysdrus and the refined suburban villas that once surrounded it. The amphiteatre occupies archaeologists' attention: no digging required. Some floor mosaics have been found and published, but field archaeology has scarcely been attempted.
In the world of writing materials, Thysdrus lay in the Empire of Papyrus, which preserves remarkably well if kept as dry as at El Djem..
During World War II a major military airfield was located near El Djem, used first by the German Luftwaffe. It was attacked on numerous occasions and later used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force as a transport field. There are few, if any, remains of the airfield today with the land being returned to agricultural uses outside of the city.
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Tunisia Travel Guide - The El Jem Amphitheatre in El Jem
Take a tour of El Jem Amphitheatre in El Jem, Tunisia -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
The town of El Jem, Tunisia contains an abundance of remnants from the Roman Empire.
Still only half-exposed above Tunisian sands, El Jem Amphitheater attests to the legacy of ancient Roman rule.
The amphitheater's towering colonnades were meant to impress visitors centuries ago, as they impress visitors today.
This amphitheater is the third largest of its time, after the Colosseum in Rome and the Capua theatre.
In ancient Roman times, the amphitheater was used for public spectacle fights featuring chariot races and gladiator battles.
Visitors can walk the amphitheater's expansive 427 meter circumference and tour the varying levels from spectator seating to the dungeon.
Amphitheater in El Jem (Tunisia)
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Recreating a Gladiator Battle at El D'jem Amphitheatre in Tunisia (Vlog)
But what were the lives and deaths of gladiators really like? Inside the Bardo Museum there is evidence that when Rome ruled Tunisia, North Africans enjoyed Roman style entertainment. The most popular -- and violent - were the gladiatorial games. In Hollywood depictions, these games take place before a bloodthirsty crowd and it appears the only outcome for the loser is death. But did the losing Gladiator always die? What was a Gladiator's life -- and death -- really like? The answer is a museum secret.
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El Jem, historical place in Tunisia. It's really worth to go and see it.Roman coloseum
El Djem is famous for its amphitheatre (often incorrectly called a coliseum), capable of seating 35,000 spectators. Only Rome's Colosseum (about 45,000 spectators) and the ruined theatre of Capua are larger. The amphitheatre at El Djem was built by the Romans under proconsul Gordian, who was acclaimed Emperor at Thysdrus, around 238 and was probably mainly used for gladiator shows and chariot races (like in Ben-Hur). It is also possible that construction of the amphitheatre was never finished.
Эль -Джем Музей керамики Тунис El JEM Museum of ceramics Tunisia
Эль -Джем Музей керамики Тунис El JEM Museum of ceramics Tunisia
Музей керамики (Археологический музей) в Эдь-Джеме.
Археологический музей располагается в километре от амфитеатра. Здесь собраны замечательные, прекрасно сохранившиеся мозаики из частных вилл в древнеримских кварталах, окружающих Колизей. Обратите внимание на пьяного Диониса и вдохновляющее полотно с изображением совы и птичьих трупов с подписью что-то вроде «Завистники дохнут от своей желчи, а сова и в ус не дует!» (образец отдельного жанра «оградительных» мозаик). Вход в музей — по билету в амфитеатр, дополнительная плата не взимается.
Музей Эль Джема славится хорошей коллекцией мозаики, его экспонаты были найдены в разное время во время раскопок в окрестностях города. В музее много залов, где представлены не только восстановленные картины из мозаики со времен римской империи, но и найденные предметы быта, статуи, относящиеся к тому же периоду.
В свое время в античном Риме мозаика считалась символом достатка и процветания. Здания общественных учреждений и дома богатых патрициев обязательно были украшены мозаикой.
Фон на мозаичных картинах выкладывался в основном из кубиков белого мрамора. Причем кубики располагались не ровными рядами, а полукругами или арками.
Считалось, что таким образом вся картина будет выглядеть более естественно и непринужденно.
Сохранились предметы домашней утвари в виде посуды, также в ходе раскопок были обнаружены очень маленькие статуэтки, предназначение которых неизвестно.
Памятник Траяну — римскому императору из династии Антонинов, возвышается сразу при входе в основные залы музея.
Траян Марк Ульпий (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) стал первым римским императором из провинции и пользовался большой популярностью в армии и в народе. Именно со времён римского императора Траяна Гадрумет (Сусс), Тиздр (Эль- Джем) и другие города Туниса стали римской колонией.
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12-12-09 El Jem,Tunisia Collosseum
The Age of Gladiators. El Jem Roman Amphitheatre Tunisia
Visit Roman Gladiators at El Jem Amphitheatre, Tunisia, North Africa. Bringing history to life.
Journée à El Jem
Visite de l'amphithéâtre et du musée archéologique de El Jem en Tunisie.
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360º El Djem - El Coliseo y la Casa Africa, las joyas romanas de Túnez.
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Hoy visitamos El Djem, en la región de Mahdia, Tunez, a 205km de la capital. Ciudad famosa por albergar un anfiteatro, pero no cualquiera sino el 3º más grande del mundo y patrimonio de la humanidad desde el 1979. Acompañadme que vais a flipar..
Gracias a su buena acústica y a las restauraciones realizadas, el anfiteatro acoge cada verano desde 1985 el Festival internacional de música sinfónica de El Djem.
Todavía hoy se conservan los fosos donde estaban los leones. Un sistema muy elaborado de canalizaciones y cisternas para la recogida del agua de lluvia. En el subsuelo se cruzan dos galerias subterraneas. La menor tiene escaleras para subir a la planta baja y la galeria mayor consta de 8 celdas a cada lado, donde se depositaban las jaulas de los animales y los cadáveres de los gladiadores muertos.
En el Djem además de su coliseo tenemos otros puntos de interes como su museo arquológico y la casa de Africa, que vienen incluidos en el precio del ticket como os comenté al inicio. Ésto y más, no te lo pierdas.
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Tunesien - Das Amphitheater von El Djem und der Süden Tunesiens, Teil I
Tunesien - Das Amphitheater von El Djem und der Süden Tunesiens, Teil I
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Обзор на музей Эль Джем. Находится в Тунисе. Музей Эль Джем построен вокруг античной виллы. Так же в музее Эль Джем представлено огромное количество древней мозаики, найденной при раскопках города. Так же в музее представлено большое количество домашней утвари времен древнего Рима. Стоит ли посетить музей? Музей Эль Джем однозначно этого заслуживает.
Tunisia marks first anniversary of Bardo museum attack
Tunisia has marked one year since the attack on the Bardo Museum in the capital.
The gunmen killed 22 people, most of them foreign tourists.
The Tunisian Prime minister and French Foreign Minister attended a ceremony to remember the victims.
Nazanine Moshiri reports from Tunis.
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El Jem | El Djem | La tunisie | Tunisia |أيام الجم الرومانية
El Jem ou El Djem (arabe : الجم ) est une ville tunisienne située aux portes de la région du Sahel.
El Jem El Djem and Carthage
.Please subscribe if you like my travel videos. The city of El Jem, or Thysdrus, was built on old Punic settlements. The ampitheatre was built in the 3rd century and was the second most important Roman city in Northern Africa. The city was prosperous in the 2nd century. It was one of the largest Amphitheatres anywhere in the Roman world. It was the third amphitheatre in El Jem. The earlier two were smaller in capacity.
Carthage or Carthago is a city built on the East of Lake Tunis. Roman legend has it that it was first built in the 9th century BC. It was then a large city, very rich and a powerful state in the Mediterranean. Hannibal from Carthage invaded Rome and his vicory at Cannae could so easily have changed the whole of human history. But it didn't because the Romans never truly gave in or surrendered and finally won against Hannibal and proceeded to destroy the city in around 150BC.
Looking at these two sites of ruins one cannot but reflect on the savagery, the greed and the cruelty of all these peoples and wonder if we as a human race have really changed that much.
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L'origine du feu qui s'est déclaré à l'ouverture du Festival d'El Jem