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Leptis Magna
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Leptis Magna

Ancient city · Libya

Abandoned
637
Founded
700 BC
Population
—
Coordinates
32.638, 14.290
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: древний город в области Сиртика (позже называлась область Триполитания) на территории современной Ливии

History

Leptis or Lepcis Magna, also known by other names in antiquity, was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya at the mouth of the Wadi Lebda in the Mediterranean.

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