Ain Bessem

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: T.W. Potter

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

Last modified May 12, 2025 07:49 AM — History

tags: dare:major=0, dare:ancient=0, dare:feature=fort

Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas) noted the remains of a hexagonal fort located about 2.5 kilometers northwest of Aïn Bessem. His description relies primarily on earlier reports, since the ruins had been almost entirely quarried out by the early 20th century.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295210

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.3199184868, 3.65022679908

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Point Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.

Names:

Labels (map, atlas, gazetteer):
- Ain Bessem (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)

Ain Bessem makes connections with:

None

Ain Bessem receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fort

References:

See Further:

Related:

DARMC 6931

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 30 G4 Ain Bessem

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ain Bessem

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Suggested citation:
T.W. Potter, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Ain Bessem: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295210> [accessed: 12 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/295210 |title=Places: 295210 (Ain Bessem) |author=Potter, T. |accessdate=February 12, 2026 2:17 am |publisher=Pleiades}}