The Hunting Baths to the west of the city have been preserved with their domes and vaults virtually intact. Photo ©1995 Stuart Laidlaw, Michael Halliwell, Institute of Archaeology, UCL The main barrel-vaulted hall includes wall painting that suggests the baths belonged to a guild of hunters who supplied wild beasts to local amphitheatres. Photo ©1995 Stuart Laidlaw, Michael Halliwell, Institute of Archaeology, UCL After Lepcis received the rank of Colonia in 110 AD, the hunters obtained the franchise to supply Italian amphitheatres. Photo ©1995 Stuart Laidlaw, Michael Halliwell, Institute of Archaeology, UCL