Its decline was significant enough that when the Pentapolis, the league of the five most prominent cities of Cyrenaica, developed in the late Hellenistic period, Barca was not a member.
ɪts dᵻklˈaɪn wʌz sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt ɪnˈʌf ðæt wɛn ðə pɛntˈæpəlˌɪs, ðə lˈiːɡ ʌvðə fˈaɪv mˈoʊst pɹˈɑːmɪnənt sˈɪɾiz ʌv sˌaɪɹənˈeɪkə, dɪvˈɛləpt ɪnðə lˈeɪt hˌɛlənˈɪstɪk pˈiəɹɪəd, bˈɑːɹkə wʌz nˌɑːɾə mˈɛmbɚ.