Buuxi weedha soo socota: Africa Vetus ("Afrika hore"), dhulka ay ku sugnaayeen reer Phoenician Carthage (oo qiyaastii u dhiganta waqooyi bari ee maanta ee Tunisia), waxay ku dhacday gacmaha Roomaanka ka dib guuldaradii ugu dambeysay iyo burburkii Carthage dhamaadkii qarnigii
Dagaalkii Saddexaad ee Punic (146 BC). Dhirta dhulkeedu aad bay ugu wanaagsanayd Roomaanka, aad bayna uga wanaagsanayd maanta. Gobolku wuxuu ahaa mid aad u badan (c. 1.5 milyan oo qof, oo qiyaastii la mid ah Ingiriiska casriga ah) waxayna ahayd, 50 BC, isha ugu muhiimsan ee sahayda hadhuudhka ee Magaalada Rome. Waxaa la sheegay in Afrika ay quudineysay dadka Roomaanka sideed bilood oo sanadka ah, halka Masar ay quudineysay afarta bilood ee soo hartay. Gobolku wuxuu ahaa dhul leh hanti ballaaran ("latifundia") oo ay leeyihiin milkiileyaal dhulka ka maqan. Pliny the Elder wuxuu sheegayaa in waqtigii boqorka Nero (xukunka 54<unk>68), badh ka mid ah dhulka beeraha laga beero ee gobolka ay lahaayeen lix senator oo reer Rooma ah. Ilaa 45 BC, inta kale ee waqooyi-galbeed Afrika waxaa loo abaabulay laba Berber Roman satellite-state, Numidia (Tripolitania, galbeedka Tunisia / bariga Algeria) iyo Mauretania (badhtamaha / galbeedka Algeria iyo Morocco).