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Oea

Oea was an ancient city in modern-day Tripoli, Libya, founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC. It became a Roman-Berber colony in the second half of the 2nd century BC.

People attested in Oea

Aelia Arisuth

Aelia Arisuth
(c. 400)

Inscriptions from Oea

Frescoes from the tomb of Aelius Magnus and Aelia Arisuth in Oea

D[is] M[anibus] s[acrum] / Aelia Arisuth / vixit annus / sexaginta plus minus. // Quae lea iacet.
Sacred to the gods of the dead. Aelia Arisuth lived sixty years, more or less. She lies here.
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