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Jul 4, 2023 · Ancient Cyrene was located on the coast of North Africa at the site of modern-day Shahhat, Libya. When was Cyrene established and by whom? Cyrene was founded in 631 BCE by immigrants from the Greek island of Thera.
- Joshua J. Mark
Bibliography. External links. Cyrene, Libya. Coordinates: 32°49′30″N 21°51′29″E. Cyrene, also sometimes anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greek colony and Roman city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in North Africa.
- 631 BC
- Jebel Akhdar
- 1982 (6th session)
Cyrene (Greek Κυρήνη, Kurene) was an ancient Greek colony in present-day Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name 'Cyrenaica' that it has retained to modern times. It lies in a lush valley in the Jebel Akhdar uplands.
Sep 2, 2023 · Cyrene, the ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya, was the oldest and most important of all five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name of Cyrenaica that it has retained into modern times. Located nearby is the ancient Necropolis of Cyrene.
May 27, 2022 · Cyrene is the relatively unknown ancient Greek city near present-day Shahhat, Libya, which was not only the oldest and most important of all five Greek cities.
Located today in Shahhat in eastern Libya, Cyrene was founded in 631 BC by a group of emigrants from the Greek island of Thera located in the Aegean Sea. Battus, their first king, founded the dynasty of the Battiads, which ruled Cyrene for eight generations (until 440 BC).
Situated roughly halfway between the Phoenician of Carthage (located on the coast of Tunisia) and Egypt, Cyrene flourished thanks to trade among the cities and connections made with other civilizations.
