Tocra

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Tocra
توكرة
Town
UTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code52

Tocra, Taucheira or Tukrah, is a town on the coast of the

Marj
.

History

Founded by the Greeks and considered by some to be part of the

Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, at a later period it became a Roman colony (Tab. Peut.), and was fortified by Justinian I. (Procop. de Aed. vi. 3.) Taucheira was particularly noted for the worship of Cybele
, in honour of whom an annual festival was celebrated. (Synes. Ep. 3.)

In the city fortifications from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods have been found.[3]

Name

Taucheira, Teucheira, Tauchira or Teuchira (

Arabic
.

It is the same town erroneously written Τάριχα by

Diodorus (xviii. 20). It is still called Tochira.[7]

Agouriya is the name given to the city by the deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi, in reference to the Agouri tribe. The town's largest tribe is the Barghathi tribe, who claim the town their own. There are tribal rivalries with the Abdali tribe. Both the Barghathi and Abdali tribes belong to the larger "umbrella" Agouri tribe. The renaming of the town by Gaddafi was to play on the rivalry between the two tribes. After the 17 Feb revolution, inhabitants of the town went back to the old name, Tokara.

Agriculture

On a relatively small scale, residents of the town grow watermelon, cantaloupe, grapes, almonds, and tomatoes; but it is most famous for its figs.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Tukrah - Wolfram|Alpha".
  2. ^ " Al `Āqūrīyah" GeoNames
  3. ^ The Hellenistic and Byzantine Defences of Tocra (Taucheira)
  4. ^ Herod. iv. 171
  5. ^ Hierocl. p. 732; Plin. v. 5. s. 5
  6. ^ Strab. xvii. p. 836; Mela, i. 8; Plin. l. c.
  7. ^ Cf. Della Cella, Viagg. p. 198; Pacho, Voyage, p. 184.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Arsinoe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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