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Published 30 Nov, 2011 06:24am

Leptis Magna: city of the Roman Empire

Libya was home to thriving Roman outposts beginning around the first century A.D. One Roman emperor, Septimius Severus, was born in Leptis Magna, on the site of the modern Libyan town of Khoms. He turned his hometown into a model Roman city and large parts of it are still intact.  - Photos by Reuters

 

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