Rise of the Garamantian Empire in today's Fezzan . Northwestern Libya is conquered by Rome, and comes under administration of Africa Proconsularis which has its administrative centre around Carthage. The region becomes later a province of its own, under the name of Tripolitania. Further Roman advances south is halted by the Garamantians. The region is later named Libya, where today's northeastern Libya is called Libya Superior, while today's northwestern Egypt is called Libya Inferior.
Vandals take possession of Libya.
Tripolitania is conquered by the Arabs . Tripolitania and Cyrenaica is conquered by the Normans of Sicily. Rise of the Karamanli dynasty, which served to protect the corsair activity centred to Tripoli, something which strongly irritated European powers. Still, trade between Libya and Europe thrives. Much of this trade was with slaves, destined for the American continent.