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Cadmea

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Ryan Horne

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling

Last modified Feb 25, 2023 03:02 PM — History

The acropolis / fortress of Thebes. The fortress was destroyed by Alexander the Great in 335 B.C. and later rebuilt by Cassander in 316 B.C.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/239936126

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.3194, 23.3167

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- GeoHack location of Cadmea (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- καδμεία (Cadmeia: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)

Cadmea makes connections with:

Cadmea part of (physical/topographic) Thebai/Thebae (750 BC - 30 BC)

Cadmea receives connections from:

None

Place type:
acropolis

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Cadmea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/239936126> [accessed: 03 December 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/239936126 |title=Places: 239936126 (Cadmea) |author=Horne, R. |accessdate=December 3, 2024 12:01 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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