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Ak: Uusi sivu: '''Ptolemais''' tai '''Ptolemaida''' oli yksi Kyrenaikan muinaisista pääkaupungeista. Todennäköisesti se sai nimensä Ptolemy III Euergetesin mukaan. Roomalaisaikana sen l... |
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'''Ptolemais''' tai '''Ptolemaida''' oli yksi [[Kyrenaika]]n muinaisista pääkaupungeista. Todennäköisesti se sai nimensä [[Ptolemy III Euergetes]]in mukaan. Roomalaisaikana sen latinankielinen nimi oli ''Tolmeta'', josta tulee lähellä olevan nykyisen kaupungin nimi [[Tolmeitha]] ({{k-ar|طلميثة}}) <ref>{{Kirjaviite |Nimeke=A Short History of North Africa|Vuosi=1961|Tekijä= Jane Soames Nickerson}}</ref>.
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The town was most probably founded in [[7th century BC|7th]] or 6th century BC by settlers from [[Barca|Barka]]. Soon it became one of the founding [[city-state]]s of the [[Pentapolis]] federation. In 331 BC the union was dissolved after all of its towns surrendered to [[Alexander the Great]]. After his death the area formed part of the [[Ptolemaic Egypt|Ptolemaic empire]]. In early 1st century the region was conquered by [[Roman Empire|Rome]] and became a separate province.
Roman Tolmeta had no local water supply, but Roman architects built a conduit from the hills and stored the water in eighteen huge galleries under the forum, about fourteen feet high by ten feet wide. These are in perfect repair and were rediscovered during the Italian occupation. In the course of military operations against rebels, it was discovered that the rebels used the underground as a place of hiding; two or three hundred men could easily be hidden in them<ref>{{cite book |title=A Short History of North Africa|date=1961|author= [[Jane Soames Nickerson]]}}</ref>.
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