Crete and Cyrenaica (Latin: Creta et Cyrenaica, Koinē Greek: Κρήτη καὶ Κυρηναϊκή, romanized: Krḗtē kaì Kyrēnaïkḗ) was a senatorial province of the Roman...
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antiquity, was part of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica, later divided into Libya Pentapolis and Libya Sicca. During the Islamic period, the area...
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along with Cyrenaica that was called Creta et Cyrenaica. Archaeological remains suggest that Crete under Roman rule witnessed prosperity and increased...
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Look up Cyrenaica in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cyrenaica is a historic region of Libya. Cyrenaica may also refer to: Crete and Cyrenaica Islamic...
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possession in 96 BC. It was soon included in the Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica. With Diocletian's alteration of the administrative structure, Ptolemais...
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Libya was known as Tripolitania and Pentapolis, divided between the Africa province in the west, and Crete and Cyrenaica in the east. In 296 AD, the Emperor...
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Apollonia (Greek: Ἀπολλωνία) in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean...
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Byzantine Crete Crete and Cyrenaica, Roman province Emirate of Crete Ottoman Crete Venetian Crete Cretan State Crete, Illinois Crete-Monee High School Crete, Indiana...
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Cyrene, Libya (category Crete and Cyrenaica)
part of the province of Crete and Cyrenaica. The city was destroyed by Jewish fighters in AD 115 during the Diaspora revolt, and slowly rebuilt over the...
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seems to have been pro-Roman and was rewarded by being made the capital of the joint Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica. Further annexations by Rome...
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Jewish diaspora (section Origins and uses of the terms)
addition to Judea, Syria and Babylonia, large Jewish communities existed in the Roman provinces of Egypt, Crete and Cyrenaica, and in Rome itself. In 6 CE...
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Cyrene (section Games and TV fiction)
Greek colony in North Africa (modern Libya) Crete and Cyrenaica, a province of the Roman Empire Cyrenaica, the region around the city Cyrenaics, an ancient...
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Roman Egypt (category States and territories established in the 1st century BC)
provinces of Crete and Cyrenaica to the west and Judaea, later Arabia Petraea, to the East. Egypt was conquered by Roman forces in 30 BC and became a province...
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Laguatan (category Crete and Cyrenaica)
Berber clan that inhabited the Cyrenaica area during the Roman period. They have been described as primarily raiders and nomadic, but others consider them...
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Caecilius Metellus Creticus in 69 BC and united with the Cyrenaica in the province of Creta et Cyrenaica until 193 AD, when it became a separate province. After...
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certain" relative, Gaius Pomponius Gallus Didius Rufus, proconsul of Crete and Cyrenaica in 88/89. Frontinus, On the Water Supply of Rome 2:102.7 Tacitus...
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entire Mediterranean coast of Africa, adding Egypt in 30 BCE, Crete and Cyrenaica in 20 BCE, and Mauretania in CE 44. The Western Roman Empire lost most parts...
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Quirinius (category Roman governors of Crete and Cyrenaica)
defeated the Marmaridae, a tribe of desert raiders from Cyrenaica, possibly while governor of Crete and Cyrene around 14 BC, but nonetheless declined the honorific...
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1205. Under Roman rule, Crete was part of the joint province as Crete and Cyrenaica. Under Diocletian (r. 284–305) it was formed as a separate province...
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Menelai Portus (category Crete and Cyrenaica)
with a port on the coast of Marmarica in Northern Africa between Cyrene and Egypt. It was founded, according to tradition, by Menelaus. It was known...
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Crete, and Cyrenaica. The version of the decree inscribed on the wall of the bouleuterion at Stratonikeia in Caria was the first to be discovered and...
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Quintus Caecilius Marcellus Dentilianus (category Roman governors of Crete and Cyrenaica)
own, which was Crete and Cyrenaica. This province was not favored by senators, due to its elements—the island of Crete and Cyrenaica in North Africa—were...
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Barca (ancient city) (category Populated places in ancient Cyrenaica)
mercenary leader, Thibron, joined forces with Cyrenean and Barcan exiles on Crete and invaded Cyrenaica. He was expelled, but returned in 322 BC. Cyreneans...
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Lartia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
of Crete and Cyrenaica from AD 36 to 38. Aulus Larcius A. f. Lepidius Sulpicianus, commanded a legion in Judea. Aulus Larcius Lydus, a freedman, and the...
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attacks on the allied Greek city of Massalia (Marseille). 67 BC – Crete and Cyrenaica; Cyrenaica was bequeathed to Rome in 78 BC. However, it was not organised...
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Cassia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
intent of restoring the Republic. Quintus Cassius Gratus, governor of Crete and Cyrenaica during the reign of Claudius. Cassius Asclepiodotus, a wealthy man...
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Publius Pomponius Secundus (category Roman governors of Crete and Cyrenaica)
and his successor Caligula promptly released Pomponius from prison and appointed him as governor of the senatorial province of Creta et Cyrenaica. Caligula...
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Mark the Evangelist (category 1st-century Popes and Patriarchs of Alexandria)
25, and his symbol is the winged lion. According to William Lane (1974), an "unbroken tradition" identifies Mark the Evangelist with John Mark, and John...
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Parachutistes in October 1941. By June 1942, these units were fighting in Crete and Cyrenaica alongside the British 1st SAS Regiment. As part of the SAS Brigade...
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Aemilia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
and 42 BC. Aemilius (M. Lepidi f. Q. n.) Regillus, mentioned by Cicero. Publius Aemilius P. f. Lepidus, proquaestor of Crete and Cyrenaica in 43 and 42...
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