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A Silesua ad Aquas milia XIX
el-Hamma · الحامة
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A Silesua ad Aquas milia XIX is not a place name at all but a short instruction written on the map: from Silesua to the Waters, nineteen Roman miles. The Waters, Aquae in Latin, usually meant a spa, and the destination is identified with el-Hamma, whose Arabic name likewise points to hot springs. The line stands in black capital letters within Africa Proconsularis, reading like a note from a road book copied onto the map.
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