Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Africa Vetus ("Old Africa"), ókèala ala nke Phoenician Carthage (nke kwekọrọ n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Tunisia nke oge a), dara n'aka ndị Rom mgbe e merisịrị Carthage na mbibi ya na njedebe nke
Agha Punic nke Atọ (146 BC). Ala ya na-eme nri nke ọma n'oge ndị Rom, karịa ka ọ dị taa. Ógbè ahụ nwere ọtụtụ ndị bi na ya (c. 1.5 nde ndị bi na ya, ihe dịka otu Britain nke oge a) ma bụrụ, site na 50 BC, isi iyi kachasị mkpa nke nri nri obodo Rome. E kwuru na n'afọ ọ bụla, Afrịka na-enye ndị Rom nri ọnwa asatọ, ebe Ijipt na-enye ndị Rom nri ọnwa anọ ndị ọzọ. Ógbè ahụ bụ ala nke nnukwu ala na ụlọ ("latifundia") nke ndị nwe ala na-anọghị ya. Pliny nke Okenye kwuru na n'oge eze ukwu bụ́ Nero (onye chịrị malite n'afọ 54 ruo n'afọ 68), ọkara ala a na-akọ ugbo n'ógbè ahụ bụ nke nanị ndị nnọchiteanya Rom isii nwere. Ruo n'afọ 45 BC, ndị fọdụrụ n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ Afrịka bụ ndị mba Berber-Roman satellite-states, Numidia (Tripolitania, ọdịda anyanwụ Tunisia / ọwụwa anyanwụ Algeria) na Mauretania (etiti / ọdịda anyanwụ Algeria na Morocco).