Sufetula - Arch of Antoninus Pius

The Arch of Antoninus Pius is the only structure in Sufetula whose date can be certainly established (A.D. 139) It was evidently left unfinished, for the shafts of the four Corinthian columns on the facade have not been smoothed off.

The Forum, now enclosed by a 4m/13ft high Byzantine wall, was surrounded on three sides by slightly raised porticoes, behind which were shops and offices.

On the northwest side of the Forum are three temples dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. These three deities were normally worshipped in a single Capitoline temple with three cellas, as at Dougga, and it is unusual to find them with three separate temples, as here (and also in the Roman town of Belo in southern Spain). Each temple is entered by a short flight of steps. In front of the central temple of Jupiter is the rostrum (the orators' tribune). At the southeast corner of the Forum can be seen the remains of a fourth century fountain.