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

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

Others include the ruins of the Roman city of Leptis Magna, and Sabratha, both in western Libya.

From Reuters

The lesser-known Roman site of Leptis Magna — dubbed the Rome of Africa — has been looted and neglected, and is threatened by rising seas.

From Nature