Editing Leptis Magna (section)

===Islamic conquest===
By the 6th century, the city was fully Christianized.{{sfnp|Mommsen|1909|loc=Chapter XIII. The African Provinces}}{{Failed verification|date=August 2020}} During the decade 565–578 AD, Christian missionaries from Leptis Magna even began to move once more among the Berber tribes as far south as the [[Fezzan]] in the Libyan desert and converted the [[Garamantes]].{{sfnp|Prevost|2007|pp=462–463}} Numerous new churches were built in the 6th century,{{sfn|''Livius.org''|loc=[https://www.livius.org/articles/place/lepcis-magna/photos/lepcis-magna-byzantine-church/ Photos: Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church]}} but the city continued to decline, and by the time of the [[Islamic conquest of the Maghreb|Arab conquest]] around 647 the city was mostly abandoned except for a Byzantine garrison force and a population of less than 1,000 inhabitants. By the 10th century, the city of [[Al-Khums]] had fully absorbed it.{{sfnp|Bullo|2002|pp=185–188}}