Region: Egypt & North Africa · Coordinates: 32.820, 21.857 · 5 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 631 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Therans, following the Delphic oracle, send Battus to Libya, and he founds Cyrene tradition |
| 255 BC | Edicts of Ashoka | Maka (Magas of Cyrene) is named among the westernmost places reached by the conquest by Dharma |
| 162 BC | Polybius, Histories | Ptolemy Physcon invades toward Cyrene |
| AD 35 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | As quaestor he was assigned Crete and Cyrene by lot. |
| AD 73 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | At Cyrene the Sicarius Jonathan stirs up unrest and falsely accuses people to the governor Catullus |