Leptis Magna (Lybia) called Lebda to modern-day residents, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire and one of the leading cities of Roman Africa and a major trading post. Leptis achieved its greatest prominence beginning in 193, when a native son, Lucius Septimius Severus, became emperor. He favored his hometown above all other provincial cities, and the buildings and wealth he lavished on it made Leptis Magna the third-most important city in Africa, rivaling Carthage and Alexandria.
Arch of Septimius Severus
Severan Basilica
Theatre
The amphitheatre at Leptis Magna
Lucus Augusti
Lugo is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (northwestern Spain). Situated in what was the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis, it was the most important Roman town in what became Gallaecia during the Roman period, the seat of a conventus, one of three in Gallaecia, and later became one of the two capitals of Gallaecia, and gave its name to the Callaïci Lucenses. It was centrally situated in a large gold mining region, which during the Roman period was very active.
Modern Lugo is surrounded by Roman walls, which reach a height of 10 to 15 metres along a 2117 m circuit ringed with 71 towers. The walk along the top is continuous round the circuit, and features ten gates. These 3rd century walls are protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The bridge over the Minho is essentially of Roman date, though many repairs over the centuries have effaced its Roman character.
Roman walls of Lugo