Henchir-Loulou a locality and archaeology site near the modern town of Aïn Makhlouf, Algeria.Michael Greenhalgh, The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa.(BRILL, 2014)p261Leslie Dossey, Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa(University of California Press, c2010.) p256. BULLETIN ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DU COMITÉ DES TRAVAUX HISTORIQUES (MINISTERE DE L'INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE ET DES BEAUX-ARTS, 1897) p266. It is the site of an ancient Roman Era town.
Known throughout antiquity as Rotaria, Henchir-Loulou is a site containing vast archeological remains but the site has experienced a significant loss in its archaeological fabric as it has been used as a quarry for cut stone, ARCHÉOLOGIE DES ENVIRONS DE GUELMA .Michael Greenhalgh, The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa.(BRILL, 2014)p261Lorcin, Patricia M. E., Rome and France in Africa: Recovering Colonial Algeria's Latin Past French Historical Studies, Volume 25, Number 2, Spring 2002, pp. 295-329. for nearby villages. this has led to a degradation in the original makeup of the town.
The first comprehensive survey of the Roman town was conducted by Léon Renier during French colonial times.
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