Berenice
settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD
Berenice was a coastal city of western Cyrenaica, located at modern Benghazi in Libya. Founded in the third century BCE, it replaced the earlier Greek colony of Eusperides, which had been centered a short distance to the northeast. Berenice was named in honor of Berenice of Cyrene, the queen of Ptolemy III Euergetes.
- Coordinates
- 32.12452, 20.06425
- Also known as
- Benghazi (en), Benghazi (en), Berenicis, Bernicide (la), Bernicide (la), Βερενίκη (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)