What Country Was Banghazi In?
Banghazi (Benghazi, Libya) lies within 14 different states on Chronica Maps' 39 historical border maps. The longest stretch is under Roman Empire, from 1 BC to AD 299. The earliest state recorded here is Achaemenid Empire (500 BC).
Who ruled Banghazi?
| Period (by border map) | Ruled by |
|---|---|
| 500 BC – 324 BC | Achaemenid Empire |
| 323 BC – 301 BC | Empire of Alexander |
| 300 BC – 2 BC | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
| 1 BC – AD 299 | Roman Empire |
| AD 300 – AD 399 | Rome (Diocletianus) |
| AD 400 – AD 699 | Eastern Roman Empire |
| AD 700 – AD 799 | Umayyad Caliphate |
| AD 800 – AD 999 | Abbasid Caliphate |
| 1000 – 1299 | Fatimid Caliphate |
| 1300 – 1599 | Mamluk Sultanate |
| 1600 – 1782 | Ottoman Empire |
| 1783 – 1879 | Cyrenaica |
| 1880 – 1913 | Ottoman Empire |
| 1914 – 1919 | Libya |
| 1920 – 1937 | Libya (IT) |
| 1938 – 1944 | Libya |
| 1945 – 1959 | Cyrenaica (UK) |
| 1960 – today | Libya |
BanghaziBased on approximate historical borders; towns close to a frontier may be assigned to a neighbouring state.
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.