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
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 07, 2022 10:56 AM
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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.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/373879
32.708807, 20.9507545
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 5613 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Barkes Limen (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Ptolemais (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen part of (regional) Pentapolis (unspecified date range)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Hippodrome at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen located at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen located at Ptolemais/Barkes Limen (unspecified date range)
settlement, port
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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, 2022 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/373879> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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