Thessalonica
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, Chris de Lisle
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History
A city of northern Greece founded by Cassander of Macedon ca. 315 BC; important center of the Roman and Late Antique worlds.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491741
40.628342, 22.952885
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 24552 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Thessalonica (750 BC - AD 640)
- Thessaloniki (Modern Greek)
- Thessalonica part of (administrative) Macedonia (Hellenistic kingdom) (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Thessalonica capital of Macedonia (Roman province) (330 BC - AD 300)
- Thessalonica connection Via Egnatia (unspecified date range)
- Arch of Galerius located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Blatades Monastery located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Byzantine Bath located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of Panagia Chalkeon located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of Prophet Elijah located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of Saint Demetrius located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of Saint Panteleimon located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of St. Nicholas Orphanos located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of the Acheiropoietos located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of the Holy Apostles located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Church of the Saviour, Thessaloniki located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Latomos Monastery located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Roman forum at Thessalonica located at Thessalonica (30 BC - AD 300)
- Rotunda of Galerius located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Aphrodite (Thessalonica) located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- AIO Findspot: Thessaloniki
- BAtlas 50 C3 Thessalonica
- Dimova 2019 132
- EncAncHist Thessalonike, city
- New Pauly Thessalonica [1] City in Thessalia
- Papazoglou 1988 189-96, 205-12
- TIR Naissus 139-47
- ToposText Thessalonica (Thessaloniki)
- WHL 456: Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
- Wikipedia (English) Thessaloniki
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 50 C3 Thessalonica
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Thessalonike/Salonica
E.N. Borza, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, and Chris de Lisle, 'Thessalonica: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491741> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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