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Sabratha
Sabratha

📷 Giovanni Boccardi · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo

Where in the world

Libya

The site

Sabratha lies on the Mediterranean coast of Libya, about 70 km west of modern Tripoli, and was the westernmost of the three cities of Roman Tripolis alongside Oea and Leptis Magna. Occupied from around 500 BCE into the Roman era, it grew into a prosperous coastal city. Its extensive archaeological remains were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.

Field notes

civilizations
Roman
types
City
occupied
500 BCE — 700 CE
country
Libya
elevation
12 m above sea level

Figures of this place

Laid to rest, born or died at Sabratha

Fusca of Ravenna
Fusca of Ravennaborn herechild martyr killed ca. 250 AD in Ravenna, Italy

Monuments & structures

What stands within Sabratha

Archaeological Site of Sabrathaarchaeological site
Archaeological Site of Sabratha

Chronicle

What happened at Sabratha

  1. 896 CEBattle of Manu

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