Chersonesos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund
Creators: David Braund
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, Adam Rabinowitz, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 07, 2018 05:02 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
44.6112696, 33.49279435
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
- DARMC location 23904 (750 BC - AD 640)
- 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)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 23 G4 Chersonesos
- Bortoli-Kazanski 1987 448-55
- Carter, J. C. et al. 2003. Crimean Chersonesos : city, chora, museum, and environs. Austin: University of Texas.
- Heinen 2014
- Kacharava 1991 155
- Kacharava 1991 304-25
- PECS (Perseus), CHERSONESOS Crimea
- Polyb. 25.2.12
- Pompon. 2.1.3
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), TAÚRICA CHERSONÉSUS
- The study of ancient territories
- ToposText Chersonesos (Crimea)
- UNESCO World Heritage List, 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
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David Braund, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, Adam Rabinowitz, R. Talbert, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Chersonesos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226564> [accessed: 18 June 2018]
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