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Leptis Minor
ancient city, Tunisia
Also known as: Lamį¹ah, Lepti Minus, Leptiminus
Leptis Minor, small Carthaginian city located 10 miles (16 km) from modern Al-MunastÄ«r (Ruspinum), Tunisia. In Roman times it was the centre of a prosperous olive-growing district, and its exports included olive oil and pottery. It was Julius Caesarās base before the Battle of Thapsus in 46 bc. Under Justinian it was with Capsa one of the two residences of the army commander of the province of Byzacenia, and it was later the seat of a bishopric.
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