Leptis or Lepcis Magna, also known by other names in antiquity, was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya at the mouth of the Wadi...
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Al-Khums (section Leptis Magna)
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of Septimius Severus is a triumphal arch in the ruined Roman city of Leptis Magna, in present-day Libya (and Roman Libya). It was commissioned by the Roman...
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Roman politician who served as emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa. As a young...
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Catholic Church in the 20th century, first under the name Leptis Maior and since 1933 as Leptis Magna. Victor (later pope from 189 – 199) Archaeus (fl. 200...
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Leptis Magna Museum is an archaeological museum located in Khoms (Leptis Magna), Tripolitania, Libya. It contains evidence of people of different origins...
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three classical cities of Leptis Magna, Sabratha and Oea (modern Tripoli), with the vast majority being found in Leptis Magna. The inscriptions have been...
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Libya was established as a province under the name of Tripolitania with Leptis Magna capital and the major trading port in the region. In 96 BC, Rome peacefully...
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Leptis may refer to: Either of two cities of antiquity Leptis Magna, Great Leptis, or simply Leptis, known as Lebda to modern-day residents of Libya,...
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For example, the motif is known from multiple relief sculptures from Leptis Magna in present-day Libya, as well as several instances on Hadrian's Wall...
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