Kimmerioi
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 04, 2018 06:20 PM
—
History
The Cimmerians, a people likely originating in the Pontic steppe. They are believed to have attacked Urartu by way of the Caucasus around 714 BCE before invading Assyria, being defeated by Sargon II in 705. They reached the height of their power after conquering Phrygia in 696-695 and Sardis in 652. They were defeated by Alayattes of Lydia sometime around 619, and the remaining members of the group likely settled in Cappadocia.
Show place in AWMC's Antiquity À-la-carte, Google Earth, or Pelagios' Peripleo.
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/135663336
- None
-
- Cimmerii (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
-
- Cimmerians (English, modern)
- Κιμμέριοι (Kimmerioi: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 330 BC)
- None
-
None
people, tribe (historical cultural group)
Pleiades
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Kimmerioi: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/135663336> [accessed: 29 November 2023]
{{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/135663336 |title=Places: 135663336 (Kimmerioi) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=November 29, 2023 6:18 am |publisher=Pleiades}}