Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure meHondo dzePunic, Sabratha yakava chikamu chehumambo hweNumidian hweMassinissa isati yawedzerwa kuRepublic yeRoma sedunhu reAfrica Nova muzana ramakore rekutanga BC. Yakazoitwa romanized ndokuvakwazve muzana ramakore rechipiri nerechitatu CE. Mambo Septimius Severus akaberekerwa pedyo neLeptis Magna, uye Sabratha yakasvika pakukwirira kwayo kukuru mukati mokutonga kwaSeverans, apo yakapetwa kaviri muhukuru. Guta racho rakakuvadzwa zvikuru nokudengenyeka kwenyika muzana remakore rechina, zvikurukuru
kudengenyeka kwenyika kwe365. Yakava pasi pokutonga kwoumambo hweVandal muzana ramakore rechishanu, zvikamu zvikuru zveguta zvichisiyiwa. Rakafarikanya rumutsiridzo ruduku pasi pokutonga kweByzantine, apo machechi akawanda norusvingo rwokudzivirira (kunyange zvazvo rwakangovhara chikamu chiduku bedzi cheguta) zvakavakwa. Taundi racho raiva nzvimbo yebhishopu. Mumakore zana pashure pokupinda kwevaMuslim muMaghreb, kutengeserana kwakanga kwaenda kune dzimwe zviteshi uye Sabratha yakaderera kuva musha.