Chersonesos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund
Creators: David Braund
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Diane Braund
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Mar 03, 2022 02:17 PM
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History
Chersonesos was an ancient Greek colony founded in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula, ancient Taurica. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica established the site in the sixth century B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226564
44.611092882, 33.4922580049
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 23904 (750 BC - AD 640)
- OSM location of Chersonesus Taurica (750 BC - AD 640)
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
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- Χερσών (Cherson: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 1453)
- Χερρόνησος (Chersonesos: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Heraclea Cherronesus (750 BC - AD 640)
- Корсунь (Korsun: Russian, AD 850 - AD 1200)
- Megarike (750 BC - AD 640)
- Chersonesos part of (regional) Taurike Chersonesos (unspecified date range)
- Ktenous Limen located near Chersonesos (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 23 G4 Chersonesos
- Bortoli-Kazanski 1987 448-55
- Carter 2006
- Carter et al. 2003
- Heinen 2014
- Kacharava 1991 155
- Kacharava 1991 304-25
- PECS (Perseus) CHERSONESOS Crimea
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), TAÚRICA CHERSONÉSUS
- ToposText Chersonesos (Crimea)
- WHL 1411: Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora
- Wikipedia (English) Chersonesus (Crimea)
- Wikipedia (English) Chersonesus Taurica
- Zubar' 1994
- chersonesos.org
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 23 G4 Chersonesos
The site was inscribed as a property on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2013 as the "Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora".
David Braund, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Diane Braund, 'Chersonesos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226564> [accessed: 29 June 2022]
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