Neapolis/Lepcis Magna
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, jfu
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Last modified
Jan 15, 2023 03:58 PM
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History
Originally a Phoenician colony founded ca. 1100 B.C., Lepcis Magna became a prominent Roman city and birthplace of the emperor Septimius Severus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344448
32.6379575, 14.291378
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 13459 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Lepcis Magna (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Lepcitani (unspecified date range)
- Leptis Magna (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Neapolis (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Neapolis/Lepcis Magna located on Limes Tripolitanus road (unspecified date range)
- Arch of Septimius Severus at Lepcis Magna located at Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
- Basilica of Septimius Severus located at Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
- Circus at Lepcis Magna located at Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
- Forum of Septimius Severus located at Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
- Old Forum at Lepcis Magna located at Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (30 BC - AD 300)
- Roman amphitheater at Lepcis Magna located at Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater at Lepcis Magna located at Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Roma and Augustus, Leptis Magna located at Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
- Zliten located near Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
settlement, port
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- AHE Leptis Magna
- Arachne Topography 500008: Leptis Magna Leptis Magna
- BAtlas 35 G2 Neapolis/Lepcis Magna
- Desanges 1978 100
- Mattingly 1994 116-22
- Mugnai 2021
- Mugnai 2021
- New Pauly Leptis Magna
- PECS (Perseus) LEPTIS MAGNA, or Lepcis Libya
- ToposText Neapolis/Leptis Magna (Libya)
- WHL 183: Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
- Wikipedia (English) Leptis Magna
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 35 G2 Neapolis/Lepcis Magna
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lebda
D.J. Mattingly, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and jfu, 'Neapolis/Lepcis Magna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344448> [accessed: 18 June 2025]
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