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Oescus (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.G. Poulter

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

Last modified Jan 30, 2015 03:13 PM — History

The Oescus river (modern Iskar) is a river of Bulgaria and tributary of the Danube.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216908

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.5159742, 23.5370147

Locations:

location of Iskar river (modern)

Names:

Oescus (30 BC - AD 640)

Oescus (river) makes connections with:

Oescus (river) connection Danuvius/Istros/Hister (river) (unspecified date range)

Oescus (river) receives connections from:

Oescus connection Oescus (river) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
river, drainage

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Evidence:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 22 B5 Oescus fl.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: river

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Suggested citation:
A.G. Poulter, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Oescus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2015 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216908> [accessed: 06 April 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216908 |title=Places: 216908 (Oescus (river)) |author=Poulter, A. |accessdate=April 6, 2020 5:50 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Oescus (river)