Neapolis/Lepcis Magna
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place
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Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, jfu
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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
32.6364478326, 14.2970935174
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Lepcis Magna (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Lepcitani (unspecified date range)
- Lepti Magna colonia (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Leptimagna col. (Leptimagna colonia: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Leptis Magna (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Neapolis (330 BC - 30 BC)
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- Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Neapolis/Lepcis Magna located on Limes Tripolitanus road (unspecified date range)
- Neapolis/Lepcis Magna located on Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Ad Palmam located west of Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (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, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- AHE Leptis Magna
- BAtlas 35 G2 Neapolis/Lepcis Magna
- Desanges 1978 100
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 63,2 Lepti Magna colonia
- ItMiller 895
- Mattingly 1994 116-22
- Mugnai 2021
- Mugnai 2021
- New Pauly Leptis Magna (W. Huß and Hans Georg Niemeyer
- PECS (Perseus) LEPTIS MAGNA, or Lepcis Libya
- ToposText Neapolis/Leptis Magna (Libya)
- WHL 183: Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
- Wikipedia (English) Leptis Magna
- Related:
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- Arachne Leptis Magna Leptis Magna, Libyen
- DARE 21127: Lepcis Magna/Neapolis, Leptis Magna, Khoms
- DARMC 13459
- GeoNames 2215692: Leptis Magna
- MANTO 9721290: Leptis Magna (N. Africa)
- OCD "Lepcis Magna"
- TGN 7000642: Labdah (deserted settlement)
- TM Geo 11836: Leptis Magna (Khoms)
- Wikidata Q191504: Leptis Magna
- iDAI.gazetteer 2042661: Leptis Magna
- nomisma.org Leptis Magna
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, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and jfu, 'Neapolis/Lepcis Magna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344448> [accessed: 13 July 2025]
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