Antonine baths

The Antonine Baths are the remains of a large Roman thermae complex located on the waterfront of ancient Carthage. The ruins represent one of the most substantial public bathing complexes built in Roman North Africa.

Visitors see foundations, vaulted substructures and the footprint of service rooms, frigidarium, tepidarium and caldarium that once formed a major civic centre for bathing and social life. The complex demonstrates the scale and engineering of Roman thermal architecture in a provincial capital.

The baths date to the Roman imperial period when Carthage was a major city in the province of Africa; they were constructed and used as part of the urban amenities of the Roman city and later fell into ruin and partial collapse. Excavations and conservation have exposed large sections of the structural plan.

Situated on the coastal edge of the archaeological zone of Carthage, the baths are accessible from the main visitor routes through the site and lie on the Mediterranean shoreline within the modern Tunis metropolitan area.

• Scale: One of the largest Roman bath complexes in North Africa, with extensive foundations and masonry visible on the Carthage coastline.