Leptis Magna

Location: 123 km. east of Tripoli

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World famous and one of the most extensive archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. Originally a Phoenician port founded at the start of the 1st millennium BC to trade with the Germantes from Fazan region, Under Roman influence from the fall of Carthage in 146 BC, Leptis Magna was annexed to the Empire in the 1st century AD and became one of the most beautiful cities in the Roman world, specially during the reign of Septimus Severus (193-211 AD), who was born in the city ( Leptis is the best example of Severan urban development ). After the Arab domination in the 7th century ,the desert sand took possession of the site .1982 as the site added to the world Heritage list, excavation work started. Today a total of 30 major monuments: Hadrian's baths, the Forum, the Severan basilica, the port, the Liber Pater, Rome
and Augusts Temples, the market place and the theatre have been restored. Renovation of the 15000 seat amphitheatre is almost complete.
Among the many sites of interest at Leptis Magna are the Septimus Severus Arch, the Sports Ground, the Nymphaeum, the Hadrianic Baths, the Colonnaded Street, the Severus Forum, the Severus Basilica, the Theatre, the Harbor, the Circus, the Temples of Liber Pater, Rome and Augustus, the Arch of Trajan and the Market.

Sabrath

Location: 72 km. west of Tripoli, 140 miles south-east of Djerba

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Settled in the late 6th century BC by the Phoenicians, Sabratha's development as a Roman city began in the latter half of the 1st century AD. It reached its peak in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, particularly during the reign of Septimus Severus, who was born in nearby Leptis Magna. Much of the city was destroyed by earthquakes during the 4th century, and it never fully recovered from a devastating earthquake which took place in 365 AD. The major of Sabratha monuments were built at the height of the city's prosperity in the 2nd & 3rd centuries A.D. The theatre is the most remarkable of these, with its colonnaded stage wall on three levels and its low reliefs in pink and white marble, directly facing the sea !!.
Other monuments and areas of interest include the Temple of Liber Pater, the Basilica of Justinian, the Mosaics of the House of Jason Magnus, the Capitolium, the Temples of Serapis, Hercules and of Isis