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panels depicting the known world and the refoundation and adornment of the city by Theodora are on display in the museum. In one of these, two mosaics reveal the names of Makarios and Theodoros, the bishops, the latter being qualified as a "new bishop," presumably Makarios's successor.
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in 412, in which the author communicates to the Archbishop of Alexandria that after a long ministry and a long life died "the very best Father Athamas"; that the faithful of Olbia unanimously chose as his successor Antonios, an honest and just man.
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of Theodorias and therefore with Qasr el-Lebia, where the ruins of the Byzantine city, built by Theodora, are found. See: Synésios de Cyrène et la Cyrénaïque du Bas-Empire, pp. 106–107.
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All that remains of the town are two Byzantine churches. One is integrated into the Qasr, which now houses the Qasr Libya Museum. The other church was excavated by
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Since 1933 Olbia has been included among the bishopric holders of the Catholic Church; the title is no longer assigned from May 26, 1978.
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Goodchild, Richard. The Great, newly discovered mosaic floor of Qasr el-Lebia.
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Richard Goodchild: The Great, newly discovered mosaic floor of Qasr el-Lebia.
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Roques is cautious in identifying the ancient city of Olbia with the
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Green Mountain - an informal guide to Cyrenaica and its Jebel Akhdar
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Green Mountain - an informal guide to Cyrenaica and its Jebel Akhdar
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in the mid 1950s. Only the floor plan remains, but fifty beautiful
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Pliez, Olivier (ed.) (2009) "Qasr Libya (Olbia-Theodoria)"
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Index


Theodora
Greek
Roman
Byzantine
Marj
Bayda
Cyrenaica
Libya
Qasr Libya
qasr
Vandals
Laguatan (Lwatae)
Theodora

Alexandria
Richard Goodchild
mosaic
bishops
ancient
diocese
Synesius of Cyrene
Theophilus of Alexandria
Council of Ephesus
fl.
Tihamér Tóth
Elie Vandewalle
Arcângelo Cerqua
Synésios de Cyrène et la Cyrénaïque du Bas-Empire
Qasr el-Lebia

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