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Leptis Magna

In its earliest days it was probably a port of call on the Phoenician trade routes across the region, and by the 6th century BC was administered from Carthage.

A small port developed at the mouth of the wadi, which grew in size when the city became part of the Roman Empire under the Emperor Trajan in 111 BC. Under the patronage of the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus (AD193-211), who was born in Leptis Magna, the city flourished and gradually spread inland and in a westerly direction along the coast. Many of the major buildings date from this period, and the population at this time was about 70,000.
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041029C-186-Leptis_Magna-Severan_Forum
041029C-177-Leptis_Magna-Gryphons_Atop_Severan_Basilica
LIBYA: Leptis Magna -Overview of Leptis to the NW from atop the Severan Basilica
LIBYA: Leptis Magna -Severan Basilica
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Hunting Baths - Fresco
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LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Hunting Baths - Fresco
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LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Lighthouse Foundation on Western side of Harbour Entrance
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Eastern Quay of Harbour
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Amphitheatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Amphitheatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Amphitheatre
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LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Arch of Septimus Severus and down the Cardo
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Side Street showing Limestone and Bricks
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Theatre
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LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Arch of Tiberius, looking NE along the Cardo
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Arch of Tiberius, looking NE along the Cardo
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Market
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Market
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Severan Basilica; Landscape
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LIBYA: Leptis Magna -Severan Basilica
LIBYA: Leptis Magna -Severan Basilica
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LIBYA: Leptis Magna -Severan Forum
LIBYA: Leptis Magna -Severan Forum
LIBYA: Leptis Magna -Severan Forum
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Nymphaeum
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Nymphaeum
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041028C-089-Leptis_Magna-Hadrianic_Bath-Frigidarium
041028C-077-Leptis_Magna-Hadrian_Baths_in_Distance
041028C-075-Leptis_Magna-East_of_Decumanus
041028C-074-Leptis_Magna-Arch_of_Septimus_Severus
LIBYA: Leptis Magna - Arch of Septimus Severus
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