Ptolemais, Cyrenaica

Ptolemais

Πτολεμαΐς
Ruins of Ptolemais
Shown within Libya
Location	Near Tolmeita, Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
Coordinates	32°42′25″N 20°57′10″E / 32.7069°N 20.9529°E / 32.7069; 20.9529
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	3rd century BC
Abandoned	7th century AD
Periods	Hellenistic period to Byzantine Empire
Site notes
Condition	In ruins

Ptolemais (Greek: Πτολεμαΐς) was one of the five cities that formed the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, the others being Cyrene, Euesperides (later known as Berenice, now Benghazi), Tauchira/Teuchira (later Arsinoe, and now Tocra), and Apollonia (now Susa).^[1]

Its ruins are at a small village in modern Libya called Tolmeita (Arabic طلميتة), after the ancient name.^[2]