The Roman Civil War of Ancient Cyrene
The Roman
Civil War of Ancient Cyrene
One of the most important Hellenistic centers of Africa. Cyrene founded in 631 BC by Greeks living in Thera (Santorini) is also the temple of Zeus of Olympia in the Doric style. Ancient Cyrene the capital of Cyrenaica. The temple of Zeus one of the largest temples in the ancient Greek world. The temple was built in the 5th century BC. The Olympian columns to the powerful gods still stand on the hill standing between the sky and the rocks. The design of the temple's exterior with a single row of columns surrounding the entire structure is one of the lost symbols of Greek architecture. It was rebuilt in marble and decorated with Roman decorations. The Jewish revolt of 115 AD was rebuilt in the Severan era and by the earthquake of 365 AD. The most terrible fate of antiquity. Cyrene, from the introduction of the Asilis region in North Africa in 631 BC. The oracles ignored by the people led some peoples to the south to establish a colony until famine came. Battus I asked for help from the people of Crete and the merchant "Korobius" traveled to the island of Plataea to the site of Cyrene which was occupied by the Imazigens.
Temple of apollo, Cyrene, Libya
Ancient Cyrene was an ancient Greek colony located in Libya now the city of Shahhat. The Greeks from the island of Thera considered ancient Cyrene to be the center of culture. The most important Greek colony the temple has bas reliefs depicting mythological scenes related to Zeus. Symbols in the ancient Greek colony are still carved on maps by travelers. The center of Greek Roman and African cultures of the five colonies located in Libya. The temple of ancient Cyrene is the symbol of Zeus in the Greek world. The temple of Zeus which dates back more than 5 centuries BC. The religious life of Cyrene reflects the culture wealth and power of the ancient city and its impact on the local culture. It impresses travelers with its walkways around the inner chambers or cells allowing us to see the Doric architecture of the culture the planning of the city the religious practices of Cyrene.
The Civil War of the Rejection of the Negotiation of Arcecilus III started a civil war in 518 BC and was defeated and forced to flee to Samos while his mother took refuge in the city-state of Salamis in Cyprus. Feretima failed in her attempt to gather an army from Salamis to fight the war. By the time of Battus III after his succession from Arcecilus III, the decline of Greece and Persia began until Battus III succeeded Arcecilus III from 530 to 514 BC. He traveled to the Oracle of Delphi a sanctuary in ancient Greece of Apollo. The prophecies were received through priestesses called Pythia to seek advice and consult with the lawgiver of Denak of Arcadia in 550 BC. He divided the population into three tribes: those from Crete Peloponnese and those from Theri from other parts of Greece, since the laws were the responsibility of the Greek and Persian peoples. Including the allocation of land and housing to the three tribes.
The founding of Cyrene The oracle of Delphi about the famine in the past Apollo had a word about leaving the city to North Africa. Arcecilus I around 599-583 BC expanded the territory of Cyrene founded the port of Apollonia flourished, trade until Battus II had resources to expand to other cities invited more Greeks to join the cultural community and the help of the Egyptian pharaoh Apres also supported trade between Cyrene and Naucratis in Egypt, made peace with Cyrene, including the statue of the goddess Athena during the reign of Battus II until he was nicknamed "the prosperous" that made the surrounding cities have cultural stability and trade with the Greeks. After the death of Battus II Cyrene became a prosperous city in the ancient Greek and Persian eras.
