Magnificently sited on the water's edge of the palm fringed white sandy west coast of Libya and North Africa, the ruined city of Sabratha shines majestically as one of the most beautiful and spectacular Roman cities of the ancient Mediterranean. Originally founded as trading post by the Carthaginians around 500 BC, Sabratha's importance and wealth attracted settlement by Hellenistic Greeks around the second century BC and then by the Romans in whose control the city prospered considerably and...
more »Magnificently sited on the water's edge of the palm fringed white sandy west coast of Libya and North Africa, the ruined city of Sabratha shines majestically as one of the most beautiful and spectacular Roman cities of the ancient Mediterranean. Originally founded as trading post by the Carthaginians around 500 BC, Sabratha's importance and wealth attracted settlement by Hellenistic Greeks around the second century BC and then by the Romans in whose control the city prospered considerably and in which the ruins seen today are a legacy of. The ancient theatre is considered as perhaps the most graceful and spectacular of the ancient Roman world and the mosaics of the Roman and later Byzantine eras are also very impressive. Sabratha is one of the three cities of ancient Tripolis which included Leptis Magna and Oea (Tripoli) and is a designated UNESCO World Heritage site.
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