<< Our Photo Pages >> Oea. - Ancient Village or Settlement in Libya
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Multi-periodSite Name: Oea.Country: Libya Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tripoli Nearest Village: Tripoli
Latitude: 32.899885N Longitude: 13.175880E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Oea was founded by the Phoenician in the 7th century BCE. Oea came under the control of Carthaginians after the Assyrians conquered Phoenecia. The Numidians took it after the Punic empire crumbled in 162 BCE and the Romans took it from them in 46 BCE.
The vandals captured it in 450 CE but the Byzantines took it back in 533 CE. After 645 CE, the population of Oea, nearby Leptis Magna and Sabratha was consolidated here, which led to the name Tripoli (three towns).
The location is given for the arch of Marcus Aurelius. There is also a plynth of a Roman temple nearby, but most of the antike remains are buried under the modern city. See nearby national museum for other relics.
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