CYRENE

CYRENES' IMPORTANCE

• founded in 4th Century BC by The Greeks of Thera
• One of the principle cities in the Hellenic world
• Later romanized and remained a great capital
• Earthquake in 365 AD Later destroyed it

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• Founded by Greeks of Thera and guided by Battos
• Became a major trading centre
• First ruled by the Battiadae dynasty from 430-331 BC
• Kingdom was then replaced with a democratic regime
• Change in government led to the submission to Alexander the Great

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• Cyrene was established as a roman province in 74 AD
• shared a lot of it's fortunes with the main empire
• so it never ceased to play a preponderant role in the mediterranean world.

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LOCATION:

• Northern part of africa and south of Athens, Greece

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FIN

SOURCEs

• Unesco: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/190
• Images: Google search