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Oescus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.G. Poulter

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Nov 09, 2013 02:42 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Oescus was originally a Thracian city at the confluence of the Danube and Iskar rivers,

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216907

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.70403, 24.4738875

Locations:

DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640)
DARMC location 24708 (30 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Oescus (30 BC - AD 640)

Oescus makes connections with:

Oescus connection Oescus (river) (unspecified date range)

Oescus receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

TP 7A1 (Talbert 1776)

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 22 B5 Oescus

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gigen BUL

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Suggested citation:
A.G. Poulter, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Oescus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216907> [accessed: 25 April 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216907 |title=Places: 216907 (Oescus) |author=Poulter, A. |accessdate=April 25, 2018 1:12 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Oescus