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[[File:Fossatum.png|thumb|left|200px|Capsa in Roman times was near the "limes romanus" called [[Fossatum Africae]].]][[File:Piscines romaines de Gafsa, juin 2013.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ancient Rome|Roman]]s ruins at Gafsa, 2013.]]
Excavations at [[prehistoric]] sites in the area have yielded artefacts and skeletal remains associated with the [[Capsian culture]]. This [[Mesolithic]] civilisation has been [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon dated]] to between 10,000 and 6,000 BCE.
6000BC years ago at Gafsa (Capsa) the [[Neolithic]] people named ''Snail eaters'' and known for their extensive [[midden]]s of [[snail shell]]s are believed to be the [[ancestor]]s of the modern [[Berbers]].<ref>Paul Lachlan MacKendrick, The North African Stones Speak (UNC Press Books, 1 Dec. 2000).</ref>▼
▲6000BC years ago at Capsa the [[Neolithic]] people named ''Snail eaters'' and known for their extensive [[midden]]s of [[snail shell]]s are believed to be the [[ancestor]]s of the modern [[Berbers]].<ref>Paul Lachlan MacKendrick, The North African Stones Speak (UNC Press Books, 1 Dec. 2000).</ref>
The city of Capsa belonged to [[King Jugurtha]], who deposited his treasures there. It was captured by [[Gaius Marius]] in 106 BC and destroyed, but later became a Roman [[colonia (Roman)|colonia]],<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03314b.htm Siméon Vailhé, "Capsa" in ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' (New York 1908)]</ref> and was an important city of [[Africa (Roman province)|Roman Africa]] near the [[Fossatum Africae]].<ref name="Trudy Ring 1994 p312">Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda ''International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa'', Volume 4 (Taylor & Francis, 1994) p312.</ref> Roman cisterns are still evident in the city ruins<ref name="Trudy Ring 1994 p312"/>
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