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The coastal region, also known as Pentapolis ("Five Cities") in antiquity, was part of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica, later divided into Libya Pentapolis and Libya Sicca. During the Islamic period, the area came to be known as Barqa , after the city of Barca .
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A pentapolis (from Greek πεντα-penta-, 'five' and πόλις...
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Cyrenaica, historic region of North Africa and until 1963 a province of the United Kingdom of Libya. As early as c. 631 bc Greek colonists settled the northern half of ancient Cyrenaica, known then as Pentapolis for the five major cities they established: Euhesperides (Banghāzī), Barce (al-Marj), Cyrene (Shaḥḥāt), Apollonia (Marsa Sūsah ...
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Jul 4, 2023 · Cyrene (modern-day Shahhat, Libya) was a vital cultural center and port of trade in North Africa founded in 631 BCE by Greek colonists from the island of Thera. The city is best known as the birthplace...
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- Where was ancient Cyrene and what is it today?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.
- Who are some of the famous people from Cyrene?Famous citizens of Cyrene include the hedonistic philosopher Aristippus, the poet/scholar Callimachus, the polymath Eratosthenes, the philosopher H...
- Why was Cyrene abandoned?Cyrene was abandoned after the earthquakes of 262 and 365 CE but had been severely damaged by civil strife and the land is thought to have been dep...
As a result, North Africa was withdrawn from Greek civilization, and a linguistic-political line of separation was formed in the Gulf of Sirte; the Pentapolis of Cyrene and areas to the east remained within the Greek circle, whereas areas to the west of Tripoli became and remained Phoenician.
Pentapolis. Pentapolis (pĕntă´pəlĬs) [Gr.,=five cities], collective name anciently applied to several groups of five cities. The chief cities of Cyrenaica on the northern coast of Africa (Apollonia, Arsinoë, Berenice, Cyrene, and Ptolemaïs) were thus called from the 4th cent. BC to the 7th cent.
Apollonia, the port of Cyrene, became a city in its own right; Euhesperides was refounded as Berenice, and a new city, Ptolemais (Ṭulmaythah), was founded, while Barce declined; the term Pentapolis came to be used for the five cities Apollonia, Cyrene, Ptolemais, Taucheira, and Berenice.
