Thuburbo Majus - Market

At the southwest corner of the Forum in Thuburbo Majus, separated from the Temple of Mercury by a narrow street, is the Market, which consisted of two pillared courtyards and a third courtyard surrounded on three sides by shops. It was probably built in the late second or early third century.

West of the Temple of Mercury is a residential quarter which was occupied in turn by Romans, Vandals and finally Byzantines. The town is not laid out on the usual Roman regular plan but is highly irregular, presumably following an earlier Punic layout. In the neighborhood of the west gate the streets are much more regular, probably because this area had not previously been built on.

Thuburbo Majus had an extensive water supply and drainage system serving both public buildings and private houses.