Lepcis Magna: Photos

Portrait of a lady, perhaps Isis. Museum of Lepcis Magna. Photo Marco Prins.

Portrait of a lady, perhaps Isis (Museum of Lepcis Magna)

Lepcis Magna: Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the kingdom of Massinissa, and the Roman empire. Its most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus (193-211).

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Lepcis Magna was a Phoenician colony that belonged to the Carthaginian empire, but its nature was always very cosmopolitan. In the mid-second century, it was conquered by the Numidian king Massinissa, and later became part of the Roman empire. The Romans built the port, theater, amphitheater, bathhouses, and several triumphal arches; the greatest builder was the emperor Septimius Severus (193-211), who was a native of Lepcis Magna.

Statue of Venus, from the Hadrianic Baths. National Archaeological Museum, Tripoli (Libya). Photo Marco Prins.

Statue of Venus, from the Hadrianic Baths (National Archaeological Museum, Tripoli)

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Oil lamp from the Lepsis Magna Museum. Photo Marco Prins.

Oil lamp from the Lepcis Magna Museum

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01. Porticus near theater
12. Severan Forum B43-22

13. Temple of Gens Septimia B43-23

16. Old Forum B34-1

18. Temple of Antoninus Pius B41-15
19. Temple of Cybele B38-10
20. Temple of Roma and Augustus B34-3
21. Temple of Liber Pater B34-2
22. Temple of Hercules ("unknown dedication" B34-4)
23. Old Basilica B34/35-5
24. Semicircular statue base
25. Baptistery
26. Curia

27. Temple of Flavius
29. Temple of Jupiter Dolichenus B44-28
39. Baths
40. Temple of Serapis
44. Chalcidicum B36-9
45. Well
52. Arch of Antoninus Pius
53. Temple of the Unknown Deity
54. Schola

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28. Neronian colonnade
37. New excavations
38. Oriental temple
50. Hunting Baths B41-16
51. Arch of Marcus Aurelius
56. Roman Tomb
59. New Necropolis

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© Jona Lendering for
Livius.Org, 2007
Revision: 9 February 2008