Today situated at 12 km south-west of Sfax, Thaenae was the city furthest south in Afrikya, the first Roman province in Africa. Romanised at an early time, Thaenae became a colony with the reign of Hadrian. In accordance with its rank, it was endowed with sumptuous monuments, alas unpreserved; however, one can still recognise the remains of the thermes, villas, a Palaeo-Christian basilica, a necropolis, salting cisterns...