Germa is a site in Libya with major ruins of the Garamantian Empire .
The Garamantian Empire (Garamantes) was located in North Africa. The Garamantes were a warrior nation who originated in the Tibesti region of the Sahara. The Garamantian Empire was a two-thousand-year-old civilization that once ruled the Fezzan. This civilization climaxed during the second and the third centuries. The Garamants were an African kingdom who had resisted the Roman Empire's dominating influence.
