Cities of North Africa experienced a long occupation up to the late 7th c. CE. Despite numerous studies on Late Antique urbanism, no systematic investigation of urban hydraulics has been carried out so far. This paper examines the hydraulic topography of three cities in the Byzantine period (ca. 6th c. CE): Leptis Magna (Tripolitania), Sbeitla (Byzacena), and Timgad (Numidia). This analysis assesses to what extent Late Antique societies managed the cities’ water supply by maintaining or transforming preexisting hydraulic networks. It considers the continuity of aqueducts and the reorganization of water networks, the state of hydraulic management and technology, and the perception of water resources. The hydraulic networks inherited from the Early Roman period were to some extent preserved, although greatly adapted to new concerns for security and new technical and environmental constraints, illustrating the resilience of Late Antique societies.

直到 7 世纪晚期，北非的城市经历了长期的占领。行政长官。尽管对晚期古典城市主义进行了大量研究，但迄今为止尚未对城市水力学进行系统调查。本文研究了拜占庭时期（约公元 6 世纪）三个城市的水文地形：Leptis Magna（的黎波里塔尼亚）、Sbeitla（拜扎塞纳）和 Timgad（努米迪亚）。该分析评估了晚期古董社会通过维护或改造现有水力网络来管理城市供水的程度。它考虑了渡槽的连续性和水网的重组、水力管理和技术的状态以及对水资源的认识。从早期罗马时期继承的水力网络在一定程度上得到了保留，