Apollonia in Libya was the most important port of the city of Cyrene (nicknamed the "Athens of Africa").
There were two harbours and a lighthouse. Most of the visible remains of the city are from the Byzantine period. Theodora, the wife of the Emperor Justinian, lived here for six years.
See also:
- "Apollonia, the harbour of the African Athens", also available in Dutch.
At the site of present-day Lamta on Tunisia's east coast, there was already a port city named Leptis Minor ....
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Roman law is the finest monument that Rome bequeathed to Western Europe....
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In the Sahel, in the Tunisian province of Madhia, we find by the sea the small town of Salakta....
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.....probably founded by Julius Ceasar around 46 BC, was located in the north-west of Sardinia.
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