In old Germ, excavations have revealed a more important site, according to Dr. M.S. Ayoub. In the palm groove at the bed of at Hayat Vally exists the ruins of a Walled City.

The boundaries of Germa are unknown. In the desert, its difficult to make a definite frontier line. From the north it seems that the boundaries during the Roman times were to the south of Bu-negm and extended westwards to Ghadames. The eastern, western and southern boundaries were not defined.

According to the Greek historian Herodotus (484-428 B.C) the Garamants were living in the southern part of Libya where they were chasing tribes of Ethiopians living in caves by the use of Chariots drawn by four hoses. Herodotus also stated that that Garamants were dealing with agriculture and breeding livestock and had a kind of oxen going backward when they were grazing, because of their horn-bent forward preventing them from grazing.

However, the earliest account of the names and positions of the Chief Tripolitania tribes are as follows: <<a>> Nasamons, one of the most powerful earlier Libyan people settled in the east and south shores of the Gulf of Sidra (Greater Syrtes). <<b>> Psylli settled in south shore of the gulf but they also occupied the coastal extended as far as the Wadi Caam area. <<d>>> The Gindanes occupied the west area of the Macae, the Jabal and <<e>>the Lotophagi or Lotus-eaters, followed by the marchlyes who occupied the Coastal plain as far as Lake Tritonis (Shott al-Gerid). And in the interior of the country were the Garamants who were also described by the early historians as powerful earlier Libyan tribes inhabited an oasis thirty days' journey south of Lotophagi which was identified with the Fezzan.

The Garamants with other earlier Libyan tribes had resited
Both the Romans domination influence. Their victory relized at the beginning of the first century A.D. encouraged revolution at coast areas.

In the year 70 A.D., in the wake of the death of Emperor Vespasian, the ancient inhabitants of Oea (Tripoli) with the help of the Garamants organized resistance to the extent that their armies reached at the gates of Leptis Magna. However, peaceful; relations were not realized until a later era, at the time of Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), when roads were safe and trade flourished among Germa, Leptis Magna and Other towns. The stability desired by the ruler continued during the second and the third centuries when Germa had reached the climax of its prosperity and progress.

Since ancient times, Africa was, however, the source of ivory, leather, gold, silver and other equatorial products. These objects were imported to Germa to be treated by the skilful craftsmen of Germa and sold again in the markets of Leptis, Sabratha and Oea.