Like so many Greek and Roman towns, Lepcis Magna had a theater. It
was partly financed by a man named Annobal Tapapius Rufus, who had
earlier built the city's market, the Macellum. The theater, the oldest of
Roman Africa, was partly excavated from a low hill, which had until
then been used as a cemetery. After the theater of Sabratha, it is the
largest south of the Mediterranean.
The ancient Roman theater at Leptis Magna
by David Gunn