Apollonia (Cyrenaica)
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Apollonia in Cyrenaica was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. It served as the harbour of Cyrene, 20 km to the southwest.
Eastern port of Apollonia
Late apsidal building at Apollonia superimposed on earlier structures (grid square C4) drawn by divers in 1958–1959
Theatre in Apollonia
Palace in Apollonia with the Eastern Basilica in the background
365 Crete earthquake
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The 365 Crete earthquake occurred at about sunrise on 21 July 365 in the Eastern Mediterranean, with an assumed epicentre near Crete. Geologists today estimate the undersea earthquake to have been a m
Apollonia (Cyrenaica)
…buildings in the references cited below. Carlo Beltrame and colleagues have recently made an underwater photographic survey of some of the buildings. The Crete earthquake and tsunami of 21 July 365 AD apparently caused extensive damage to the city and harbor. The Apollonia (Susa) Museum houses many artifacts found on the…
Ruins of the Palazzo delle Colonne at Ptolemais, Libya, where column collapse and human remains found in the peristyle pool attest to sudden destruction caused by the earthquake
Raised beach 2 km west of Paleochora (Crete) showing wave-cut notch and sea caves uplifted by about 9 m during the earthquake
Sea advanced close to the baths at Sabratha (Libya)
Submerged harbors at Apollonia (Libya)