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century BC.
Under the
Ptolemaic dynasty and Romans, it was also
known as
Paraetonium (Koinē Gr****: Παραιτόνιον, Paraitónion; Coptic: ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲧⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ, Tparatonion)...
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Parætonium is a
Roman Catholic titular bishopric in the
former Roman provinces of
Libya Secunda and Marmarica,
suffragan of Darnis. This city, (today Mersa...
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Paraetonium. It was the
westernmost city of the
Ptolemaic Kingdom in the ****enistic period. The city of Apis, some 18 km to the west of
Paraetonium,...
- Plinthinetes). This area had
formerly been
considered part of Egypt. The city of
Paraetonium (also Ammonia,
modern Mersa Matruh) was the
westernmost town of Egypt...
- with
Cyrene as its capital, and
Libya Inferior or
Libya Sicca, with
Paraetonium as its capital. C.
Clodius Vestalis (between 30 BC and AD 14) M. Titius...
- deserted,
after vainly attempting to
secure the army
stationed near
Paraetonium under Pinarius and
sending his
eldest son
Antyllus with
money to Octavian...
- or
Libya Sicca,
comprising Marmarica, with the
important port city of
Paraetonium as its capital. Each came
under a
governor holding the
modest rank of...
- (Polyb. Exc. Leg. 115) on the
north coast of Africa,
about 18 km west of
Paraetonium,
sometimes considered located within Egypt, and
sometimes in Marmarica...
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troops in support. Summer –
Cornelius Gallus lands in
Cyrene and
occupies Paraetonium. Mark
Antony storms the city
walls and
blockades the harbour, then retreats...
- (Thmuis &
Hermopolis Parva), (Buto),
Mariout (Mareotis),
Marsa Matruh (
Paraetonium), (Apis),
Patriarchal Exarch of the
Ancient Metropolis of Libya: (Livis...
