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In is not known. In antiquity, lighthouses functioned as port entrance markers to ports, not as signals for reefs and promontories, where fire platforms were used. It was only under the Romans that a network of lighthouses around the Mediterranean developed.
The most famous ancient lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria of Egypt. This was a Greek lighthouse, not an Egyptian one. Alexandria was founded by the Greeks and the lighthouse was built during the period of Greek rule in Egypt.
Many of the Roman lighthouses modelled on that of Alexandria. There was a huge lighthouse at Portus Romanus, Rome's port near Ostia. Another one was built at Centum Cellae (now Civitavecchia, 80 km NW of Rome) where the emperor Hadrian had a port built near his imperial palace and where a detachment of the imperial fleet was base in the third and second century AD.
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The Ancient Civilisations people Ancient Greeks, Ancient Romans, Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Chinese Hope this helps
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Cats were not sacred to the ancient Romans, as they did not worship animals. You are confusing the Romans with the ancient Egyptians, who revered the cat.
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The Ancient Greeks,and Possibly The Ancient Romans.
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Probably ancient Greeks, Romans, or Egyptians.
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Was the ancient Romans racists?
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Who was alive before the vikings?
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Ancient Egyptians, Romans and Greeks and some modern cults.
Who came first the Greeks or the Romans?
First the Egyptians, then Arabs, Ethiopians, Libyans, Macedonians, Romans. As you can see, Egypt was ruled by many groups. However if you want an answer simply between Greeks and Romans, it was the Greeks who were in Egypt as rulers before the Romans.
What civilization is known for homosexuality?
Ancient civilizations that are widely known to have had open homosexuality include: the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans.
What where the names of the two men who produced aluminium?
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What is the ancient name for the country Sudan?
What did ancient Egyptians call the country that you know ad Sudan
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