Eighteen papers in honour of Olwen Hackett. Subjects include: the historical development of Sabratha (P. M. Kenrick); olive oil production (D. J. Mattingly); provincial art (H. M. Walda); frontier processes (D. J. Buck); civil administrators and military commanders (G. H. Donaldson); climate and social dynamics (J. R. Burns and B. Denness); Romans and Garamantes (M. Milburn) and the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey (G. D. B. Jones and G. W. W. Barker).