Proconsular Roman province. It was founded after Rome defeated Carthage in 146 and was subsequently extended to include Numidia and the northern part of modern Libya. Between 30 and 180, other parts of northern Africa, including Cyrenaica and Mauretania, became part of the Roman Republic and ...

Africa Second-largest continent (after Asia), straddling the Equator and lying largely within the tropics.

Land

Africa forms a plateau between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Its highest features include the Atlas mountains and Ahaggar mountains in the nw , the Ethiopian Highlands in the e , ...