Ruins of Ptolemais with view of hills.

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ROMAN IMPERIAL Anonymous (14 BCE - 284 CE): Ptolemais was founded during the Hellenistic era and became a Roman city in 96 CE. In the late 3rd century, it became the capital of Libya Pentapolis and remained so until the 6th century, after which it declined.

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