Leptis Magna
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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.
The Severan Basilica at Leptis Magna
The Severan Forum
Arch of Septimius Severus
Leptis Magna ruins, in the United Kingdom, by the Virginia Water Lake
Septimius Severus
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Lucius Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna, Libya, in the Roman province of Africa. He was of mixed Roman and Punic/Phoenician descent. As a young man, he
Leptis Magna
…the Wadi Lebda in the Mediterranean. Established as a Punic settlement prior to 500 BC, the city experienced significant expansion under Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193–211), who was born in the city. The 3rd Augustan Legion was stationed here to defend the city against Berber incursions. After the legion's…
Roman alabaster and marble bust of Septimius Severus, Musei Capitolini
Dynastic aureus of Septimius Severus, minted in 202. The reverse feature the portraits of Geta (right), Julia Domna (centre) and Caracalla (left). Inscription: SEVERUS PIUS AVG[USTUS] P[ONTIFEX] M[AXIMUS], TR[IBUNICIA] P[OTESTAS] X / FELICITAS SAECVLI.
The Severan Tondo, c. 199, Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta, whose face has been erased as part of his damnatio memoriae by Caracalla (Antikensammlung Berlin)
Roman marble bust of Septimius Severus, early 3rd century AD, Altes Museum