The Ancient City of Apollonia in Cyrenaica was founded in 630 BC by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. It served as the harbour of Cyrene, 20 km (12 mi) to the southwest.
Apollonia became autonomous from Cyrene at latest by the time the area came within the power of Rome, when it was one of the five cities of the Libyan Pentapolis, growing in power until, in the sixth century A.D., it became the capital of the Roman province of Libya Superior or Libya Pentapolitana. The city became known as Sozusa, which explains the modern name of Marsa Susa or Susa, which grew up long after the cessation of urban life in the ancient city after the Arab invasion of AD 643.[3]
^Balta, E., & Ölmez, M. (2011). Between religion and language: Turkish-speaking Christians, Jews and Greek-speaking Muslims and Catholics in the Ottoman Empire. İstanbul: Eren.
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susa, libya, confused, with, sousa, susa, soussa, arabic, سوسة, romanized, sūsa, ancient, greek, Ἀπολλωνία, romanized, apollōnía, town, seaside, resort, district, jabal, akhdar, north, eastern, libya, susa, stands, ruins, apollonia, cyrenaica, town, contains, . Not to be confused with Sousa Susa or Soussa ˈ s uː s e SOO se Arabic سوسة romanized Susa Ancient Greek Ἀpollwnia romanized Apollōnia is a town and seaside resort in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north eastern Libya 2 Susa stands by the ruins of Apollonia Cyrenaica The town contains the Apollonia Museum It is located about 30 km northeast of Bayda Susa سوسةTownSusaLocation in LibyaCoordinates 32 53 48 N 21 57 47 E 32 89667 N 21 96306 E 32 89667 21 96306 Coordinates 32 53 48 N 21 57 47 E 32 89667 N 21 96306 E 32 89667 21 96306Country LibyaDistrictJabal al AkhdarPopulation 2012 Total7 999 1 Time zoneUTC 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Turkish community 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditMain article Apollonia Cyrenaica The Ancient City of Apollonia in Cyrenaica was founded in 630 BC by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean It served as the harbour of Cyrene 20 km 12 mi to the southwest Apollonia became autonomous from Cyrene at latest by the time the area came within the power of Rome when it was one of the five cities of the Libyan Pentapolis growing in power until in the sixth century A D it became the capital of the Roman province of Libya Superior or Libya Pentapolitana The city became known as Sozusa which explains the modern name of Marsa Susa or Susa which grew up long after the cessation of urban life in the ancient city after the Arab invasion of AD 643 3 Sozusa was an episcopal see and is included in the Catholic Church s list of titular sees 4 Turkish community Edit Susa is home to a forcibly exiled Turkish community also referred to as Turco Romnoi Turkish Rum or Turkish Greeks from Crete and Mainland Greece arriving in Ottoman Libya after the Greco Turkish War of 1897 Another wave of Turkish exiles arrived after the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey marking the city s second founding after its abandonment following the Arab Conquest of the Maghreb 5 6 verification needed See also EditList of cities in LibyaReferences Edit World Gazetteer Libya largest cities Per geographical entity Archived from the original on 4 December 2012 Maplandia world gazetteer D White Apollonia Marsa Susa Libya in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites Princeton University Press 1976 Annuario Pontificio 2013 Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978 88 209 9070 1 p 975 Enrico De Agostini p 334 Balta E amp Olmez M 2011 Between religion and language Turkish speaking Christians Jews and Greek speaking Muslims and Catholics in the Ottoman Empire Istanbul Eren External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Susah Satellite map at Maplandia com This Libya location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Susa Libya amp oldid 1105390551, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
