Marj ); Euhesperides (later Berenice, present-day Benghazi ); Taucheira (later Arsinoe, present-day Taucheria); Balagrae (later Bayda and Beda Littoria under Italian occupation, present-day Bayda );and Apollonia (later Susa), the port of Cyrene. [ 27 ] Together with Cyrene, they were known as the Pentapolis (Five Cities). Cyrene became one of the