The Southern Necropolis of Cyrene
The Southern Necropolis of Cyrene

Author: Luca Cherstich

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2024-05-09

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 1803275502

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This book analyzes ancient tombs in Eastern Libya, from the Archaic phase to Late Roman times. Despite plundering, these ornate structures reveal funerary competition, spatial organization, and lost rituals. The book reconstructs the social history of ancient Cyreneans through their ostentatious funerary culture.

Tripolitania
Tripolitania

Author: David J. Mattingly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 555

ISBN-13: 1135782822

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"Lepcis Magna", one of the greatest of the Roman cities of North Africa and one of the most famous archaeological sites in the Mediterranean, was situated in the region of Tripolitania. Birthplace of the Emperor Septimius Severus, the city has yielded many well-preserved monuments from its Roman past. Mattingly presents valuable information on the pre-Roman tribal background, the urban centres, the military frontier and the regional economy. He reinterprets many aspects of the settlement history of this marginal arid zone that was once made prosperous, and considers the wider themes of Romanization, frontier military strategy, and economic links between provinces and sources of elite wealth.