The ancient cities of Leptis Magna and Cyrene can be found in which modern-day country?
Leptis Magna were being hidden at the location. Leptis Magna Leptis or Lepcis Magna, also known by other names in antiquity, was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya located at the mouth of the Wadi Lebda on the Mediterranean. Originally a 7th centuryBC Phoenician foundation, it was greatly expanded under the Roman emperor Septimius Severus (r.193–211), who was a native of the city. The 3rd Augustan Legion was stationed here to defend the city against Berber incursions. After the legion's dissolution under in 238, the city was increasingly open to raids in the later part of the 3rd
Leptis Magna "to piece together", presumably in reference to the construction of the city. This name was hellenized as "Léptis Megálē" (, "Greater Leptis"), distinguishing it from the "Lesser Leptis" closer to Carthage in modern-day Tunisia. It was also known by the Greeks as "Neápolis" (, "New Town"). The latinization of these names was Lepcis or Leptis Magna ("Greater Leptis"), which also appeared as the "Leptimagnese City" (). The Latin demonym was "Leptitan" (). It was also known as as a Roman colony. Its Arabic name is Labdah (). The Phoenician city was founded in the second half of the 7th centuryBC.