Caesareum, Cyrene
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Coordinates
Latitude: 32.818056, Longitude: 21.858583
Provenance: GPS Walda
Latitude: 32.81805, Longitude: 21.858491
Provenance: Google Earth
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Feature type(s)
Agora, forum, plaza , Public or civic building/stoa/gymnasium
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Relationships with other locations
This displays relationships with locations within which the item falls, and relationships which it contains. We only display the immediate relationships, not a full series. If a location falls within Cyrene, we do not also display its relationship to Cyrenaica; similarly, if Cyrene contains the Agora, we do not also display the items within the Agora at the same level.Parent features
Related locations
This is a location within which a location falls. Most of these are conceptual – for example a Roman Province, a Hellenistic Kingdom or the chapter of a book – so many locations have multiple parent locations.- Caesareum, Cyrene forms part of Acropolis ridge, Cyrene
- Caesareum, Cyrene on (road/linear feature) Mid-Roman defences, Cyrene
- Caesareum, Cyrene on (road/linear feature) Street of Battos, Cyrene
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Notes
Large architectural complex on the east side of the Acropolis ridge in Cyrene. It was probably built at the beginning of the first century AD and used as gymnasium, but was repurposed as forum in Flavian times, when the rooms north of the complex were levelled 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, led the site to be known as Caesareum. Kenrick, site plan 2