Leptis Magna

American  

[lep-tis mag-nuh] / ˈlɛp tɪs ˈmæg nə /

1. an ancient Phoenician and Carthaginian, later Roman, city in N Africa, in present-day Libya E of Tripoli.

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Example Sentences

Severus was born in 145 at Leptis Magna in modern Libya; he never fully lost his North African accent.

From The Wall Street Journal

Severus sponsored public building projects throughout the empire: Many of the most impressive surviving Roman remains—not least the Severan forum and basilica in his home city of Leptis Magna—date from his reign.

From The Wall Street Journal

Libya was an important Roman province, home to the great port cities of Sabratha and Leptis Magna whose imposing stone temples and theatres still stand on the Mediterranean shore.

From Reuters

I mean just to leave the conversation and go to Leptis Magna.

From The New Yorker

I mean, again, it’s, like, I think the Leptis Magna moment is also like Forrest giving himself a way to say something—getting away from the most painful matter with something that he finds interesting to think about, so that he can get back to that transfixed Greyhound and himself.

From The New Yorker