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Leptis Magna - Libya | Leptis Magna, also called Lpqy, Neapo… | Flickr Leptis Magna, Libyan Culture, Imperiul Roman, Ancient Roman Architecture, Architecture Antique, Temple Ruins, Eric Lafforgue, Roman Ruins, Roman Architecture

Leptis Magna, also called Lpqy, Neapolis, Lebida or Lebda , was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Al Khums, Libya, 130 km east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea. The site is one of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the Mediterranean with so few tourists visiting it... © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com

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Amphitheatre | architecture | Britannica Amphitheatre Architecture, Ancient Greece Architecture, Amphitheater Architecture, Empire Architecture, Greece Architecture, Italy Architecture, Roman City, Presentation Backgrounds, Ancient Greek Architecture

amphitheatre, also spelled amphitheater, freestanding building of round or, more often, oval shape with a central area, the arena, and seats concentrically placed around it. The word is Greek, meaning “theatre with seats on all sides,” but as an architectural form the amphitheatre is of Italic or Etrusco-Campanian origin and reflects the requirements of the specific forms of entertainment that these people cherished—i.e., gladiatorial games and venationes, contests of beasts with one another…

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