Which modern day Libyan city has its origins in the times of Ancient Greece that helped form the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica along with the cities of Ptolemais, Tauchira, Apollonia and Euesperides?
Cyrene, Libya Cyrene ( ; Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη, "Kyrēnē" ) was an ancient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name "Cyrenaica" that it has retained to modern times.
Tacnis Tacnis or Taknis, Tècnis, also is a small town in Jebel Akhdar region in north eastern Cyrenaica, Libya. It's located 127 km east of Benghazi. It is on the inner road between Marj and Lamluda. There is a minor road connecting the town to the north with Libyan Coastal Highway. There also an indirect road connecting it with Charruba to the south.