The Numidian and Roman city of Musti/Mustis (Hr Mest, Tunisia) is located in the highly urbanised region of Proconsular Africa, along the main route leading from Carthage to Theveste, approximately 12 km from Thugga (Dougga).
This lecture will present an overview of the results of epigraphical research conducted by Karol Kłodziński and Mohammed Abid in Musti between 2019 and 2023, with particular emphasis on the discovery of new fragments of the Capitolium dedication found in the area of the Byzantine citadel.
The project AFRIPAL, directed by Jamel Hajji (Institut National du Patrimoine) and Tomasz Waliszewski (University of Warsaw), is carried out by the team from the Institut National du Patrimoine and the University of Warsaw as part of the project “(Reading) African Palimpsest – The dynamics of urban and rural communities of Numidian and Roman Mustis (AFRIPAL)”, supported by a grant from the National Science Centre (NCN).
About the Speaker
Karol Kłodziński is an associate professor at the University of Gdańsk, specialising in the history of the Roman Empire, especially Roman administration, and Roman Africa. His latest book, Officium a rationibus. The Office and Officials Responsible for the Imperial Treasury, was published by Peeters in 2024. His research has appeared in journals such as Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Klio. Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte,Epigraphica. Periodico Internazionale di Epigrafia, Pallas: revue d’études antiques, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, and Libyan Studies.