Serapeum of Alexandria
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Roko Rumora
Creators: Roko Rumora
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Jun 08, 2018 01:05 PM
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History
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The Serapeum in Alexandria was a temple to Serapis erected by Ptolemy III in the third century B.C. It was destroyed in A.D. 391.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/182618516
31.181944, 29.896944
- Central Point:
- Center of the visible remains of the Serapeum (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- None
- Serapeum of Alexandria located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)
- Pompey's pillar part of (physical/topographic) Serapeum of Alexandria (330 BC - 30 BC)
architectural complex, temple
Pleiades
Roko Rumora, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Serapeum of Alexandria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/182618516> [accessed: 30 March 2025]
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