Lepcis Magna: Texts
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 (r.193-211).
Literary texts
- The foundation of Lepcis (Sallust, History of the Jugurthine War 78)
- The Philaeni (Sallust, History of the Jugurthine War 79)
- War between Oea and Lepcis (Tacitus, Histories, 4.50)
- Transsaharan Expeditions (Ptolemy, Geography, 1.4.6)
- The Tsunami of 365 (Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History, 26.10)
- Libyan raids(Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History, 28.6)
Inscriptions
IRT:
J.M. Reynolds & J.B. Ward Perkins, Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania (1952 London)
| IRT 273 | Dedication to the Di Augusti |
| IRT 275 | Museum, dedication "to the gods of Lepcis Magna" |
| IRT 282 | Severan Forum, dedication "to the genius of Lepcis" |
| IRT 295 | Old Forum, dedication to Liber Pater |
| IRT 299 | Street near Theater, dedication to Eshnum |
| IRT 300 | Old Forum, dedication to Vespasian |
| IRT 301 | Dedication to Cornelius Cossus Lentulus |
| IRT 308* | Cardo, dedication to Augusta Salutaris |
| IRT 315 | Museum, dedication to Venus |
| IRT 316 | Dedication to Antoninus Pius |
| IRT 318* | Theater, dedication to Domitian |
| IRT 319* | Dedication of the Macellum by Annobal Tapapius Rufus |
| IRT 321* | Theater, Annobal Rufus |
| IRT 322* | Theater, Annobal Rufus |
| IRT 323* | Theater, Annobal Rufus |
| IRT 330, 331* | Arch of Tiberius |
| IRT 335 | Temple of Augustus, dedication to Drusus the Younger |
| IRT 338 | Dedication of a portico by Gaius, son of Anno |
| IRT 342 | Near Byzantine Gate, a dedication to Vespasian |
| IRT 346 | Extremely long inscription |
| IRT 353* | Arch of Trajan |
| IRT 357 | Dedication of an aqueduct |
| IRT 358 | Dedication of a water basin in the theater |
| IRT 359 | Dedication of a fountain near the theater |
| IRT 361 * | Hadrianic Baths, foundation inscription |
| IRT 376* | Theater, dedication to Antoninus Pius |
| IRT 381* | Cardo, dedication to Lucius Verus |
| IRT 390 | Old Forum, dedication to Septimius Severus |
| IRT 391* | Theater, dedication to Septimius Severus |
| IRT 392* | Theater, dedication to Septimius Severus |
| IRT 393* | Hadrianic Baths, dedication to Septimius Severus |
| IRT 396* | Hadrianic Baths, restoration |
| IRT 403* | Theater, dedication to Julia Domna |
| IRT 405* | Theater, dedication to Julia Domna |
| IRT 412 | Dedication to Septimius Severus, grandfather of the emperor |
| IRT 419 | Old Forum, dedication to Caracalla |
| IRT 422* | Theater, dedication to Caracalla |
| IRT 428* | Main inscription Severan Basilica |
| IRT 434* | Theater, dedication to Geta (erasure) |
| IRT 456 | Severan Forum, dedication to Gallienus |
| IRT 468* | Macellum, repairs by Constantine I the Great |
| IRT 471 | Severan Forum, dedication to Constantius II |
| IRT 472 | Severan Forum, dedication to Valentinian and Valens |
| IRT 478 | Severan Forum, dedication to Arcadius |
| IRT 479 | Severan Forum, dedication to Honorius |
| IRT 481 | Bilingual dedication by Caecilius Diodorus |
| IRT 521 | Theater, tribunal |
| IRT 522 | Severan Forum, honors to a man named Claudius |
| IRT 531* | Dedication to Gavius Macer |
| IRT 534* | Theater, stage structures |
| IRT 541 | Dedication to Publius Septimius Geta |
| IRT 543 | Repairs to the Basilica Ulpia |
| IRT 590* | Macellum, names of two aediles |
| IRT 599* | Hadrianic Baths, dedication to Iuttaph Domitius, suffete |
| IRT 601 | Curia |
| IRT 603* | Macellum, dedication to Porfyrius |
| IRT 605 | Old Forum, dedication to Augustus |
| IRT 607* | Plaza, dedication to Polla |
| IRT 628* | Macellum, damnatio memoriae |
| IRT 641 | Old Forum, dedication to Flavia Pia |
| IRT 707 | Dedication temple Apollo |
| IRT 718* | Hadrianic Baths, damaged text |
| IRT 739* | Cardo, dedication to Scipio |
| IRT 930* | Cardo, milestone |
| IRT s4 | Museum, dedication to Neptune |
| AE 1967, 536 | Arch of Marcus Aurelius |
| AE 1968, 549* | Amphitheater |