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LIBYA ;,.:<··

KEY DATES HUNTERS' QUARTERS
600 BC BBC 523 1982 1994
To the west of the city lies a group
A Phoenician trading Leptis Magna forms The c~y is sacked LeptisMagna A new archeological of well-preserved, small domed
post is founded part of the new by Berber Arabs, becomes a UNEsco program begins buildings. Wall paintings indicate
on the site of Roman province and by 650 it has Vlbrld Heritage Site. at Leptis Magna. they belonged to the hunters who Bust of Emperor
Leptis Magna. of Africa. been abandoned. Septimius Severus Y
supplied the amphitheaters of the
Roman Empire with wild animals.

lighthouse
RECONSTRUCTION OF ~ Severan Basilica
LEPTIS MAGNA This massive double-apsed building, begun
This shows the many magnificent during the reign of Severu s to house the
buildings erected during the reigns law courts, was converted into a church by
Justinian I in the 6th century, although part
of successive emperors, up to of it appears to have served as a synagogue
and i ncl udi ng Septi mi us Severus.
from the 5th century.
~ Severan Severan Forum Y
Forum A series of vast reliefs of
the mythological Greek
Gorgon Medusa once
adorned the arcade of
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the Sever an Forum.

Harbour

Y Hadrian's Baths
This baths complex includes an outdoor sports
ground (pa/aestta), hot and warm baths (Gidarium
and tepidarium), once heated by underfloor fires, and
a huge cold bath (frigidarium) with two plunge pools,
one still containing water.

A Market
Once surrounded by arcades and
0 metres 100
centered on two beautiful kiosks, this
grand trading pi ace was endowed by
0 yards 100
one wealthy citizen, Annobal Rufus,
in 9-8 BC.
Y Severan Basilica Y Theatre