Zliten
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D.J. Mattingly Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 11, 2025 04:39 PM
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History
tags:
dare:major=0,
dare:feature=villa,
extant remains,
opus vermiculatum,
opus sectile,
opus tessellatum,
dare:ancient=0,
mosaics
A coastal villa known especially for its polychrome gladiatorial mosaics was excavated at Dar Buk-Ammarah, located on the coast some 4.5 km to the north of Zliten, Libya.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344573
32.4983198244, 14.558264247
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Villa Dar Buc Ammera (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- None
- Zliten located near Neapolis/Lepcis Magna (unspecified date range)
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None
villa
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 35 G2 Zliten
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Zliten, Dar Buk Ammara
D.J. Mattingly, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Zliten: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344573> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
{{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344573 |title=Places: 344573 (Zliten) |author=Mattingly, D. |accessdate=March 26, 2025 9:01 am |publisher=Pleiades}}
