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Pontike

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.J. Wilkes, S. Mitchell, R.S. Bagnall, S.T. Parker

Contributors: Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Mary E. Downs, Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 28, 2019 05:52 PM — History

The Diocese of Pontus was a diocese of the later Roman Empire. It was established in 314. Justinian would abolish the diocese in 535/6, only to re-establish it in 548. This diocese would continue to function until it was replaced by the themata of Armeniakon and Opsikion in the seventh century.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1001135

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.5, 32.5

Locations:

Barrington Atlas location (unspecified date range)

Names:

Pontike (unspecified date range)

Pontike makes connections with:

None

Pontike receives connections from:

None

Place type:
diocese (later Roman Empire)

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 102 F3 Pontike

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: diocese

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Suggested citation:
J.J. Wilkes, S. Mitchell, R.S. Bagnall, S.T. Parker, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Mary E. Downs, and Tom Elliott, 'Pontike: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1001135> [accessed: 11 December 2019]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1001135 |title=Places: 1001135 (Pontike) |author=Wilkes, J., S. Mitchell, R. Bagnall, S. Parker |accessdate=December 11, 2019 6:08 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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