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Kainepolis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: David Braund

Contributors: DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 17, 2019 09:50 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Major city of Armenia. Inhabited since the Neolithic Period, the city was capital of the Arsacid Kingdom of Armenia from 120-330 CE, and became a major religious center with the construction of Etchmiadzin Cathedral in the early 4th century.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/863815

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.176099, 44.292264

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 22162 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Kainepolis (330 BC - AD 300)
- Վաղարշապատ (Vagharshapat: Aramaic, 330 BC - Present)

Kainepolis makes connections with:

None

Kainepolis receives connections from:

Etchmiadzin Cathedral located at Kainepolis (AD 300 - Present)

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 88 C4 Kainepolis

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Echmiadzin/Valarshapat ARM

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Suggested citation:
David Braund, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, and Tom Elliott, 'Kainepolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/863815> [accessed: 23 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/863815 |title=Places: 863815 (Kainepolis) |author=Braund, D. |accessdate=April 23, 2024 11:23 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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