Ptolemais/Barkes Limen
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
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Last modified
Oct 20, 2024 10:04 PM
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History
An ancient capital of Cyrenaica, Ptolemais was probably named after Ptolemy III Euergetes. The city was founded in either the seventh or sixth century BC.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373879
32.7071341858, 20.9538495946
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ptolemais (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Barkes Limen (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemais: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen port of Barke (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen part of (administrative) Creta et Cyrene (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen capital of Libya Superior (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen part of (regional) Pentapolis (unspecified date range)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen part of (administrative) Ptolemaic Kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Hippodrome at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen located at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen (unspecified date range)
- Odeon in Ptolemais located at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen located at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen (unspecified date range)
settlement, port, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 38 B1 Ptolemais/Barkes Limen
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tolmeta/Tulmeitia
D.J. Mattingly, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Ptolemais/Barkes Limen: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373879> [accessed: 21 March 2025]
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