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Roman Aqueduct: Overall view, from below
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The Romans conquered the area following the Punic Wars in 254 BCE. The Vandals and Ostrogoths conquered in the early 5th century CE, but it was reconquered in 536 CE by the Byzantine general Belisarius (died 565). It remained in Byzantine hands until the Arab conquest of 831 CE.