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Verified places tagged “port” in Libya · Mysteria

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Verified places tagged “port” in Libya

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🇱🇾 Libya

🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient port

Leptis Magna — Hannibal's House? no — harbour and Hippodrome submergence

Phoenician 1100 BCE → Roman Septimian 211 CE Arch of Septimius, harbour 200 CE Severan 600 m lighthouse 35 m high · Phoenician Leptis (Neapolis) → Roman Septimius Severus hometown (Emperor 193 CE) harbour built hometown glory

Leptis Magna harbour Italian 1920s, Severus hometown 200.

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🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient port

Sabratha — Roman Harbour Peristyle Seafront Triple-Temple drowned forum

Phoenician (500 BCE) → Punic → Roman Septimian basilica 2nd c. CE urban expansion Severus, 365 Crete quake partially submerged 1 m · Punic → Roman Antonine Severan harbour theatre 108 m diameter with 3-storey scaenae

Sabratha Guidi 1923 Severan theatre of Severus 150.