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PMR649-07 Libya, Tripolitania: ruins of the ancient city of Leptis Magna. The city was founded by Phoenician colonists about 1100 BC but became part of the Roman Empire when Carthage fell in the Third Punic War, in 146 BC. It became the largest and most prosperous city in Roman Africa. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A stone in the market, inscribed with linear measures: top: Roman/Punic arm (51.5cm.) middle: Roman/Alexandrine foot: (29.5cm.) bottom: Greek/Ptolemaic arm (52.5cm.) Keywords: Roman architecture, Punic architecture, Maghreb, archeology, archeological excavations, stone carving, artistic, historical city

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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PMR649-07
Upload Date: 2012-11-10 14:27:34
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Libya, Tripolitania: ruins of the ancient city of Leptis Magna.

The city was founded by Phoenician colonists about 1100 BC but became part of the Roman Empire when Carthage fell in the Third Punic War, in 146 BC. It became the largest and most prosperous city in Roman Africa. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A stone in the market, inscribed with linear measures:
top: Roman/Punic arm (51.5cm.)
middle: Roman/Alexandrine foot: (29.5cm.)
bottom: Greek/Ptolemaic arm (52.5cm.)
Keywords: Roman architecture, Punic architecture, Maghreb, archeology, archeological excavations, stone carving, artistic, historical city