Ptolemaica. Per una ‘rilettura’ dei monumenti di Cirene al tempo degli Evergeti Tolemeo III e Tolemeo VIII

The historical-political context of Cyrene around the mid-3rd century BC highlights the central role played by Ptolemy III Euergetes I and especially by his wife Berenice II, daughter of King Magas, formerly Basilissa of Cyrene, in the building activity in the city. Although the interventions that involved the main urban sectors of the polis were numerous and important, there are, however, four most representative exempla, even if architecturally less conspicuous, which require in-depth examination.