Mesembria
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 01, 2025 10:02 AM
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History
Originally a Thracian site known as Menebria, Mesembria was subsequently settled by Dorian Greeks in the early sixth century BC, eventually becoming an important trading colony on the Black Sea coast (modern Nesebar, Bulgaria). Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216882
42.65958, 27.7244435
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 24692 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Μεσαμβρία (Mesambria: Ancient Greek, 10000 BC - 3300 BC)
- Mesambria Pontica (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Mesembria (550 BC - AD 640)
- Nesebar (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Nessebar (English, modern)
- Mesembria connection Unnamed road sequence: Deultum to Argamum (unspecified date range)
- Church of Saint Sophia located at Mesembria (unspecified date range)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 22 E6 Mesembria
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nesebur BUL
A.G. Poulter, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Mesembria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216882> [accessed: 05 March 2025]
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