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Cilbian Plain

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: cinnabar

A plain that abuts the plain of the Cayster river. Strabo remarks that it is fertile.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380702854

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.145259369, 28.1096001169

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Cilbian plain (English, modern)
- Cilbianus ager (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- τὸ Κιλβιανὸν πεδίον (Kilbianon pedion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Cilbian Plain makes connections with:

Cilbian Plain located on Cayster (river) (unspecified date range)

Cilbian Plain receives connections from:

Kilbianoi (Kato) part of (regional) Cilbian Plain (unspecified date range)

Place type:
plain

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The Cilbian Plain is noted in particular by Pliny the Elder and Theophrastus as a source for a high-quality cinnabar in sand form.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Cilbian Plain: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380702854> [accessed: 16 February 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380702854 |title=Places: 380702854 (Cilbian Plain) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 16, 2025 8:37 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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