What Country Was Tripoli In?
Tripoli (Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba, Libya) lies within 15 different states on Chronica Maps' 39 historical border maps. The longest stretch is under Roman Empire, from 1 BC to AD 299. The earliest state recorded here is Carthaginian Empire (500 BC).
Who ruled Tripoli?
| Period (by border map) | Ruled by |
|---|---|
| 500 BC – 201 BC | Carthaginian Empire |
| 200 BC – 101 BC | Saharan pastoral nomads |
| 100 BC – 2 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 1 BC – AD 299 | Roman Empire |
| AD 300 – AD 399 | Rome (Maximian) |
| AD 400 – AD 499 | Western Roman Empire |
| AD 500 – AD 599 | Vandals |
| AD 600 – AD 699 | Eastern Roman Empire |
| AD 700 – AD 799 | Umayyad Caliphate |
| AD 800 – AD 999 | Aghlabid Emirate |
| 1000 – 1299 | Fatimid Caliphate |
| 1300 – 1491 | Hafsid Caliphate |
| 1492 – 1599 | Mamluk Sultanate |
| 1600 – 1782 | Ottoman Empire |
| 1783 – 1879 | Tripolitania |
| 1880 – 1913 | Ottoman Empire |
| 1914 – 1919 | Libya |
| 1920 – 1937 | Libya (IT) |
| 1938 – 1944 | Libya |
| 1945 – 1959 | Tripolitania (UK) |
| 1960 – today | Libya |
TripoliHistoric cities nearby
- Kairouan · about 420 km
Based on approximate historical borders; towns close to a frontier may be assigned to a neighbouring state.
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.