Cyrene
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 38 C1 Cyrene
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Justin Charlton
Cyrene
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UWHS
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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.
Cyrene
Cyrene
Claudiopolis
Stucchi 1975
Marengo 1988
Wright 1957
TM GEO ID 1201: Kyrene (Shahhat)
WHL 190: Archaeological Site of Cyrene
TP (Talbert: CUP) 7C5 (Talbert 347)
Arachne 8002723: Kyrene / Cyrene Κυρήνη / Kyrene, Kyrene
White 1998
PECS (Perseus) CYRENE (Shahat) Libya
BAtlas 38 C1 Cyrene
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 17.3.21
New Pauly Cyrene
Wikipedia (English) Cyrene
ToposText Cyrene (Libya)
Hdt. (Godley: Perseus) 4.150
Wikidata Cyrene (Q44112)
DARMC 12125
Smith 1854 (Perseus) CYRÉNE
Ain Shahat, Grennah
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.
Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC)
The Archaic period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is seen to begin in the year 750 and end in the year 550 before the birth of Christ. [[-750, -550]]
Cyrene
Cyrene
Pleiades
2100
Cyrene
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Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Conventional modern name for the archaeological site.
1700
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire (2012-10-15)
640
DARE Location
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Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Representative point location, site precision
-750
Claudiopolis
640
Claudiopolis
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 38 C1 Cyrene
-750
OpenStreetMap (Way 348368750, version 7, osm:changeset=138538250, 2023-07-15T10:09:52Z)
OSM Way 348368750
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OSM Location of Cyrene Archaeological Area
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Representative location based on an OpenStreetMap way. OSM contributor writes "area estimated from aerial photograph". Dates after Mattingly in Barrington Atlas.
-750
Cyrene
Cyrene
640
Cyrene
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 38 C1 Cyrene
-750
settlement
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.