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Tunisia

Every case set in what is now Tunisia, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Tunisia

Best-known first. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
3
Years
814 BCE to 2019
Region
Africa
Main subjects
Probate and trust law, Greece and Rome, Scripture and the ancient world
Families
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Updated
30 October 2026
Beji Caid Essebsi: Beji Caid Es Sebsi, Interim Tunisian Prime Minister2019 · Tunis, TunisiaTunisia's president proposed equal inheritance for daughters and sons, died before parliament voted, and his successor called the debate falseTunisia's Code of Personal Status of 1956 banned polygamy but kept Islamic inheritance shares: a son takes twice a daughter's share, and a will can dispose of only one-third of an estate.Al Jazeera and 4 morePliny the Younger: 'Pliny the Younger and His Mother at Miseno'54 · Rome, Italy; Africa Proconsularis (Tunisia)Pliny says six men owned half of Roman Africa when Nero had them killed, and Suetonius says Nero seized the estates of anyone whose will left him too littlePliny the Elder wrote that great estates had ruined Italy. He added that six proprietors held half of the province of Africa when Nero had them put to death. Suetonius lists Nero's methods for raising money.perseus.tufts.edu and 3 moreDido building Carthage - JMW Turner: Dido building Carthage - JMW Turner (1815) oil painting814 BCE · Tyre, Lebanon, and Carthage, TunisiaKing Pygmalion of Tyre killed his sister's husband for his buried gold, and she sailed away with it after dumping sacks of sand into the seaJustin's epitome of Pompeius Trogus says a king of Tyre named his son Pygmalion and his daughter Elissa as joint heirs, but the people gave the throne to Pygmalion, then a boy.tertullian.org and 2 more