Helenopontos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.J. Wilkes, S. Mitchell, R.S. Bagnall, S.T. Parker
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
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History
The province of Pontus became Diospontus in the Diocese of Pontus by 314. Following the death of Helena, mother of Constantine I, in 328 it was renamed Helenopontos. In 535/6 it was joined with Pontus Polemoniacus but retained the name Helenopontos.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1001924
42.025776, 35.143037
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (unspecified date range)
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- Helenopontos (unspecified date range)
- Helenopontos part of (analytical) Pontike (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Sinope part of (administrative) Helenopontos (AD 300 - AD 640)
province, diocese, nome (deprecated)
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 102 G3 38
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Pontike
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, 'Helenopontos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1001924> [accessed: 07 September 2024]
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