Leptis Parva

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Leptis
Leptis Parva is located in Tunisia
Leptis Parva
Shown within Tunisia
Alternative nameLeptis Minor, Leptis Parva, Leptiminus
LocationTunisia
RegionMonastir Governorate
Coordinates35°40′40″N 10°52′00″E / 35.67778°N 10.86667°E / 35.67778; 10.86667Coordinates: 35°40′40″N 10°52′00″E / 35.67778°N 10.86667°E / 35.67778; 10.86667

Leptis or Lepcis Parva was a Phoenician colony and Carthaginian and Roman port on Africa's Mediterranean coast, just south of the modern city of Monastir, Tunisia. In antiquity, it was one of the wealthiest cities in the region.[1]

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The Punic name of the settlement was written LPQ (Punic: