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Ptolemais (Greek: Πτολεμαΐς) was one of the five cities that formed the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, the others being Cyrene, Euesperides (later known as Berenice, now Benghazi), Tauchira/Teuchira (later Arsinoe, and now Tocra), and Apollonia (now Susa).
Ptolemais, coastal city of ancient Cyrenaica (now part of Libya). The site was easily defensible and provided the only safe anchorage between Euhesperides-Berenice (modern Benghazi) and Apollonia (modern Sūsah in Libya).
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May 23, 2024 · Ptolemais was an ancient city located in modern-day Libya. Nestled on the Mediterranean coast, Ptolemais was a thriving metropolis in the Hellenistic period, founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of the generals of Alexander the Great.
PTOLEMAIS (Tolmeta) Cyrenaica, Libya. About midway between Benghazi and Susa, this ancient port occupies a narrow space (2 km wide) between the sea and the lower spurs of the Jebel el-Akhdar. The harbor was sheltered W and N by a small promontory and two islets.
The three bishops of eastern Libya who refused the creed of Nicaea, were excommunicated. Arianism was banned as heresy. Ptolemais was not just the homeland of disputed figures in the history of Christianity, it was as well the place where one of the greatest Christian philosophers of the 5th century was brought up: the Bishop Synesius of Cyrene.
Jul 19, 2023 · Uncovered around 20 years ago by Polish archeologists, the ancient Greek city of Ptolemais, in what is today the Libyan village of Tolmeita, is slowly starting to reveal its secrets following a...
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Aug 13, 2020 · Ptolemais was a city in the Cyrenaica. For a very long time, it was not a rival to Cyrene or Apollonia, but it still was an important port. In the fifth centyry, however, when Libyan nomads took over the interior and Cyrene and Bactra were lost, Ptolemais became the capital of the region.
