A promenade at Lepcis Magna: Experiencing buildings from the Augustan to the Antonine era

Abstract This article investigates the visibility of public edifices at Lepcis Magna (Lebdah, Libya) and how people in antiquity approached, lived, experienced them. It engages with buildings’ layout, architectural sculptural ornamentation, epigraphic apparatuses, looking transformations cityscape from Augustus to Antonine era. The analysis highlights importance private patronage social status was showcased through monumentality new constructions an evolving urban environment. Buildings their ornament drew upon a range decorative models: influences centre Empire Mediterranean world, long-lasting Hellenistic traditions, as well North African locally created, or reinterpreted, motifs that contributed shaping Lepcitanian taste.