Libya /
Sabratah wa Surman /
Sabratah /
Sabratha
Ancient Sabratha (Sabratha)
World / Libya / Sabratah wa Surman / Sabratah , 2 km from center (صبراته) World / Libya
Sabratha's port was established, perhaps about 500 BC, as a Phoenician trading-post that served as a coastal outlet for the products of the African hinterland. Sabratha became part of the short-lived Numidian Kingdom of Massinissa before being Romanized and rebuilt in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. The Emperor Septimus Severus was born nearby in Leptis Magna, and Sabratha reached its monumental peak during the rule of the Severans. The city was badly damaged by earthquakes during the 4th century, particularly the quake of AD 365. It was rebuilt on a more modest scale by Byzantine governors. Within a hundred years of the Arab conquest of the maghreb, trade had shifted to other ports and Sabratha dwindled to a village.
ruinsarchaeological siteRoman Empireancient civilizationUNESCO World Heritage Sitelisted building / architectural heritage
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabratha#Ancient_Sabratha
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°48'18"N 12°29'14"E
- Roman amphitheatre of Sabratha 0.6 km
- Byzantine Wall 0.7 km
- Demolished buildings – Bab al-Azizia 64 km
- Leptis Magna - UNESCO World Heritage site 169 km
- Severan Forum 170 km
- Hadrian´s Baths 170 km
- Roman Circus 172 km
- Mnajdra neolithic temple 381 km
- Xemxija archaeological site 391 km
- Pig farm 395 km
- Eroded - Sunken remains of Sabratha 0.3 km
- masood al debashi 2.9 km
- مزرعة ابناء الناجح 3.4 km
- الفتاحلية 3.7 km
- الفتاحلية 3.8 km
- Alwadi 3.9 km
- مصيف صرمان 7.3 km
- Souq Alalagat 7.7 km
- المعهد العالي للمهن الشامله صرمان 8.5 km
- صرمان / قبيلة عقبة ( نوائل ) 8.9 km
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