Surt
Medieval Arab settlement, located 55km east of modern Sirte, Libya. Roman-period spolia in the medieval settlement, as well as evidence from the Roman itineraries, place the ancient site of Charax/(I)Scina here or somewhere in the vicinity.
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Medina Sultan
Mdayna en Syrtique
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Mouton 2011
Wikipedia (English) Sirte
Mouton 2012
Surt
Medieval Arab settlement, located 55km east of modern Sirte, Libya. Roman-period spolia in the medieval settlement, as well as evidence from the Roman itineraries, place the ancient site of Charax/(I)Scina here or somewhere in the vicinity.
31.1305169994
Pleiades
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The Mediaeval period in the West, or the period from the end of Late Antiquity (640) to the fall of Constantinople in the East (1453). [[640, 1453]]
Mediaeval/Byzantine (AD 641-AD 1453)
640
1453
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OSM Location of medieval ruins
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Location based on OpenStreetMap
Mouton 2011 Fig. 1
OSM Way 1081633142
OpenStreetMap (Way 1081633142, version 1, osm:changeset=124114656, 2022-07-26T21:58:57Z)
twentieth century of the common era
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
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1999
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1900
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BAtlDir page 554 see "Charax/"
Pleiades
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Medina Sultan
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Medina Sultan
1900
Medina Sultan
BAtlDir page 554 see "Charax/"
Pleiades
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
settlement
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Mdayna en Syrtique
1999
Mdayna en Syrtique
1900
Mdayna en Syrtique
Mouton 2011
Pleiades
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The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
-30
1453
OSM location of Surt
Point based on an OpenStreetMap node representing Surt after Mouton 2012.
Mouton 2012 pages 99-108, page 138
OSM Node 9868636061
OpenStreetMap (Node 9868636061, version 1, osm:changeset=123243321, 2022-07-05T16:45:18Z)