Leptis Magna
ancient city in modern Libya
6 dated entries naming Leptis Magna, drawn from 6 separate years between 202 CE and 535 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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3rd century
- 202Severus launches a campaign in Africa; Legio III Augusta under Quintus Anicius Faustus fights a guerrilla war against the Garamantes along the Limes Tripolitanus. They capture several settlements such as Cydamus, Gholaia and their capital Garama, 600 km south of Lepcis Magna. The province of Numidia is enlarged: the Romans annex Castellum Dimmidi, Gemellae and Vescera.source
- 204A trade recession in the Leptis Magna region (Africa) is alleviated by Emperor Septimius Severus, who buys up the country's olive oil for free distribution in Rome.source
- 216The basilica of Leptis Magna, ordered by Septimius Severus, is completed.source
6th century
- 523Leptis Magna (modern Libya) is sacked by Berber (Moor) raiders. Gelimer leads a successful expedition in North Africa.source
- 533Spring – Vandalic War: Anti-Vandal revolt in Tripolitania and Sardinia; Gelimer, king of the Vandals, dispatches the bulk of the Vandal fleet (120 ships and 5,000 men) under his brother Tzazo to Sardinia. Byzantine forces from Cyrenaica occupy Leptis Magna and Tripolis.source
- 535A Christian basilica is completed at Leptis Magna in North Africa.source
Named in the same entries
- Africa (Roman province) (2)
- Septimius Severus (2)
- Gelimer (2)
- North Africa (2)
- Roman Empire (1)
- Numidia (1)
- Guerrilla warfare (1)
- Ancient Rome (1)
- Vandals (1)
- Sardinia (1)
- Cyrenaica (1)
- Tripolitania (1)