Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p A Centenarium is an Ancient Roman, fortified farmhouse in Limes Tripolitanus.From around the time of disbandment of the Legio III Augusta in 238 CE, legionaries built around two thousand centenaria in the areas around Leptis Magna and Sabratha. Examples remain at Gherait esh-Shergia and Gasr Banat. Centenaria remained in use for several centuries until the system collapsed in the eleventh century CE. Some have been turned into lavish villas, such as Suq al-Awty.There is much conjecture about the origin of the word centenarium and their relation to locally built fortified farmhouses called Gasr (plural Gsur).. }
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- Centenarium abstract "A Centenarium is an Ancient Roman, fortified farmhouse in Limes Tripolitanus.From around the time of disbandment of the Legio III Augusta in 238 CE, legionaries built around two thousand centenaria in the areas around Leptis Magna and Sabratha. Examples remain at Gherait esh-Shergia and Gasr Banat. Centenaria remained in use for several centuries until the system collapsed in the eleventh century CE. Some have been turned into lavish villas, such as Suq al-Awty.There is much conjecture about the origin of the word centenarium and their relation to locally built fortified farmhouses called Gasr (plural Gsur).".