Leptis Minor
Leptis Minor ("little Leptis", to distinguish it from Leptis Magna , Greek Λέπτις ἡ μικρά; also Leptiminus ) was an ancient city on the coast of the Little Syrte near today's Lamta in Tunisia .
The city, which was certainly originally Phoenician , took the Roman side in the Third Punic War and was therefore declared a free city within the province of Africa (later called Africa proconsularis ) by the Romans , which it remained in the imperial era. The city was known for its garum (common spicy fish sauce). Extensive ruins testify to their prosperity during the Roman Empire, although they have not yet been systematically explored.
A bishop of Leptiminus is attested in 258. The titular Leptiminus of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the diocese .
literature
- Marcel Le Glay : Leptis Minor. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 582.
- Abdelmajid Ennabli: Leptis Minor, Tunisia . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
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Leptiminus (Lamta). A Roman port city in Tunisia
- Vol. 1: Nejib Ben Lazreg, David J. Mattingly: Leptiminus (Lamta). A Roman port city in Tunisia . Ann Arbor 1992.
- Vol. 2: Lea Margaret Stirling, David J. Mattingly, Nejib Ben Lazreg: The East baths, cemeteries, kilns, Venus Mosaic, Site Museum, and other studies . Portsmouth, RI 2001.
- Vol. 3: DL Stone, David J. Mattingly, Nejib Ben Lazreg; The field survey. Structures recorded and stamped amphoras . Portsmouth, RI 2011.