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Crete and Cyrenaica
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<p>Crete and Cyrenaica was a <a href="/facts/Senatorial_province/mgTwmLJH">senatorial province</a> of the <a href="/facts/Roman_Republic/Han0FRLT">Roman Republic</a> and later the <a href="/facts/Roman_Empire/l4E1aUuV">Roman Empire</a>, established in 67 BC, which included the island of <a href="/facts/Crete/VSqxTU9u">Crete</a> and the region of <a href="/facts/Cyrenaica/w624AyBA">Cyrenaica</a> in modern-day <a href="/facts/Libya/HMPH8PWR">Libya</a>. These areas were settled by Greek colonists from the eighth to sixth centuries BC. After <a href="/facts/Alexander_the_Great/8N3gLElj">Alexander the Great</a>'s death, his short-lived empire was partitioned between his generals during the <a href="/facts/Wars_of_the_Diadochi/QKDGb3Jv">Wars of the Diadochi</a>. Cyrenaica ended up under <a href="/facts/Ptolemaic_Kingdom/sAg88Lvs">Egyptian rule</a>, except for Crete, which remained independent. </p>