Thubactis

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Thubactis was a city founded by the Phoenicians about 3,000 years ago some 210 km east of the Libyan city of Tripoli. It was located near the present-day city of Misurata.{{cite web|url=http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/21767.html|title=Thubactis, Gasr Ahmed, Misurata Marina? – Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire|website=dare.ht.lu.se|accessdate=27 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344513|title=Thubactis: a Pleiades place resource|website=Pleiades: a gazetteer of past places|accessdate=27 June 2017}} Located on the Mediterranean Sea, it was used as a commercial station.

References

{{Reflist}}{{Phoenician cities and colonies|state=collapsed}}

Category:Phoenician colonies in Libya

Category:Archaeology of Libya

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