Cyrene
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors:
Michelle Willoughby, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Charlotte Roueché, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Noura Alavi, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Justin Charlton
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History
An ancient Greek city founded in eastern Libya ca. 630 B.C., Cyrene later became part of the Roman empire (ca. 74 B.C.). The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373778
32.8200266273, 21.8565385134
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM Location of Cyrene Archaeological Area (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Cyrene (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Cyrene (English, modern)
- Κλαυδιόπολις (Klaudiopolis: Ancient Greek, AD 200 - AD 299)
- Cyrene part of (administrative) Creta et Cyrene (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Cyrene located on Cyrene - Apollonia Road (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Cyrene founded by Lindos (unspecified date range)
- Cyrene part of (regional) Pentapolis (unspecified date range)
- Cyrene part of (administrative) Ptolemaic Kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Cyrene founded by Thera (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Apollonia/Sozousa port of Cyrene (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Arsinoe/Taucheira founded by Cyrene (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Barke founded by Cyrene (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Euesperides founded by Cyrene (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Euesperides part of (administrative) Cyrene (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called Caesareum of Cyrene connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called House of Hesychios connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called House of Jason Magnus connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called House of the Doric Peristyle connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called Temple of Aphrodite connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called Temple of Cybele connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called Temple of the Dioscuri connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called Theatre 2 located at Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- So-called Theatre 3 connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Zeus at Cyrene connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
- Theater of Cyrene located at Cyrene (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 38 C1 Cyrene
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ain Shahat, Grennah
D.J. Mattingly, Michelle Willoughby, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Charlotte Roueché, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Noura Alavi, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Justin Charlton, 'Cyrene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373778> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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