The Roman baths of Gafsa () are well-preserved remnants of the Limes Tripolitanus era of North African history, when Gafsa, Tunisia was called Capsa. According to a history of water in the Roman world, "there are two open-air central pools" in part because it was a Trajanic colony. The baths and the nearby Gafsa Oases were both established because of a local spring that emerges from the nearby mountains. Sallust mentioned the oasis/settlement existing circa 100 BC. A "Byzantine fortress" also remains.
The American 16th Infantry Regiment used the baths for a respite during the North African campaign of World War II.
See also Aïn Doura Baths Licinian Baths List of Roman public baths List of Byzantine forts and other structures in the Maghreb Capsa
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