Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund
Creators: David Braund
Contributors:
Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jan 17, 2020 03:09 PM
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History
A strait between the modern Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/854675
45.35, 36.65
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location of Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Cimmerius Bosphorus (550 BC - AD 640)
- Cimmerius Bosporus (550 BC - AD 640)
- Kerch Strait (English, modern)
- Керченский Пролив (Kerchenskiy Proliv: Russian, modern)
- Керченська Протока (Kerchens’ka Protoka: Ukrainian, modern)
- Κιμμερικὸς Βόσπορος (Kimmerikos Bosporos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus connection Maeotis (unspecified date range)
- Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Korokondamitis/Opissas Limne connection Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus (unspecified date range)
water, open
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 87 L2 Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Straits of Kerch'
David Braund, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Adam Rabinowitz, and Tom Elliott, 'Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/854675> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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