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Leptis

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Leptis or Lepcis Parva was a Phoenician colony and Carthaginian and Roman port on Africa's Mediterranean coast, corresponding to the modern town Lemta, just south of Monastir, Tunisia. In antiquity, it was one of the wealthiest cities in the region.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, vol. II, pp. 161, 162 ("Leptis"). Read more on Wikipedia

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