2006-07-01 02:53:10 · 6 answers · asked by jmr221080 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Which Tripoli do you mean?
Tripoli, the capital of Libya, was called Oea.
Tripoli, the second largest city in the Lebanon, had several different names from Phoenician times - see this short article in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli%2C_Lebanon
2006-07-02 00:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tripoli, founded by the Phoenicians about the 7th century was originally the three ancient cities of Oea, Leptis Magna and Sabratha. These cities formed the African Tripolis (three cities).
2006-07-01 03:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by CurlyQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tripoli was named after Ancient Ocea which means Gateway to
Ancient WondersThe ancient sites of Sabratha are still visable
2006-07-08 01:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carthage
2006-07-01 16:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Believe it was called Cyrene circa the Roman Era
hope that helps
2006-07-01 03:08:13 · answer #5 · answered by Steve P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Roman times it was Oea.
2006-07-01 03:11:08 · answer #6 · answered by masterstamp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋