This harbour was located near the present city of Lamta on the east coast of Tunisia. The city was called Leptis Minor to distinguish it from Leptis Magna in Libya.
The emperor Trajan made the city a colonia. The port was of considerable importance and had its own mint. The harbour had a mole ending in a large platform, a combination found only in Africa Proconsularis. It was needed because the sea near the coast was too shallow.
There are several legends about the origins of Massalia (Roman Marseille) ...........
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It was one of the four largest settlements in the Xanthos Valley and the only one in open communication with the sea...........
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An average visitor might wonder how you determine that date..........
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Then a promontory rises in the sea in the shape of a great horn...........
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