So-called Caesareum of Cyrene
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 25, 2020 11:52 PM
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History
A large architectural complex on the east side of the acropolis ridge in Cyrene that was probably built at the beginning of the first century AD and used as a gymnasium, but was later repurposed as forum in Flavian times, when the rooms north of the complex were levelled in order to build a large basilica. Various ruins can still be seen, including the podium of a temple in the central area, possibly dedicated to Dionysos. A fragmentary inscription referring to the "portico of Caesar", found over the inner side of the porch, made the place known as Caesareum.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/354239693
32.8180895, 21.8578913
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the so-called Caesareum in Cyrene (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Caesareum (Latin, modern)
- Forum of Proculus (English, modern)
- Ginnasio dello stato (Italian, modern)
- Ginnasio-Cesareo (Italian, modern)
- So-called Caesareum of Cyrene connection Cyrene (unspecified date range)
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basilica, architectural complex
- See Further:
Pleiades
Valeria Vitale, and Jeffrey Becker, 'So-called Caesareum of Cyrene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/354239693> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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