Neapolis/Lepcis Magna
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D.J. Mattingly Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 26, 2014 12:37 PM
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History
Originally a Phoenician colony (ca. 1100 BC), Lepcis Magna became a prominent Roman city and birthplace of the emperor Septimius Severus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344448
32.6367261714, 14.2943350143
- DARMC location 13459 (750 BC - AD 640)
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
- location of Arch of Septimius Severus (30 BC - AD 640)
- location of Forum of Septimius Severus (30 BC - AD 640)
- location of Basilica of Severus (30 BC - AD 640)
- location of Roman theater (30 BC - AD 640)
- location of Roman amphitheater (30 BC - AD 640)
- Lepcis Magna (750 BC - AD 640)
- Lepcitani (unspecified date range)
- Neapolis (330 BC - 30 BC)
- None
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basilica, theatre, theater, agora, forum, plaza, amphitheatre, amphitheater, settlement, arch, triumphal arch, port
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 35 G2 Neapolis/Lepcis Magna
- Desanges 1978 100
- Iustinianus, Digesta Iustiniani 50.15.8.11.2
- Mattingly 1994 116-22
- New Pauly, Leptis Magna
- PECS (Perseus), LEPTIS MAGNA, or Lepcis Libya
- Sall. Iug. 78
- UNESCO World Heritage List, Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
- Wikipedia (English) Leptis Magna
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 35 G2 Neapolis/Lepcis Magna
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lebda
D.J. Mattingly, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Neapolis/Lepcis Magna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2014 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344448> [accessed: 20 April 2018]
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