1. In the study of ancient culture, it can be difficult to understand the context and reality of the history of time. The historical evidence of a certain society can be gathered from different sources. Most of what we know about Roman North Africa we've come to learn from sources like the writings of Greek and Roman writers, inscriptions, artwork, coinage and archaeological findings. A vivid and compelling tale can be constructed from these sources, although some should be carefully evaluated as stereotyping of the African history does exist in the writings of some classical authors who've never seen or visited the continent. In the works of Herodotus, Sallust, Apuleius and Pliny the Elder for example, we find different approaches in their ethnographic and geographic approaches to Africa and its inhabitants ((UNISA Department of Classics and World Languages, 2010: 2-10). In this paper the writer will try to attain a better understanding of the situation and link between past and present and the essence of our understanding of Roman North Africa as learned through various sources as mentioned above. Although we have a great amount of sources, most of which are literary, it is often difficult to interpret these sources which forms the framework of our understanding of the subject (UNISA Department of Classics and World Languages, 2010: 16). 2. What We Can Learn From the Given Sources We will find that several important facts about Roman North Africa can be gleaned from these sources as mentioned by Mattingly and Hitchner (1995:165-213). This information includes the historiography, alphabets and inscriptions, language, military information, government, infrastructure, layout of towns, architecture, Roman cultural influences, religion, Roman and African customs, rural settlement, the contribution of archaeology, art, paleoeconomic studies, economy and trade, culture, metrology, ritual iconography, social life, the handling of disp