Opone

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: D.T. Potts

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

Last modified Apr 23, 2019 11:14 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=0, dare:feature=station

Opone, mentioned in the first-century A.D. Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, was a trading center located in the Horn of Africa, likely in present day Somalia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39403

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
10.4118, 51.286582

Locations:

DARMC location 19618 (30 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Opone (30 BC - AD 300)

Opone makes connections with:

None

Opone receives connections from:

None

Place type:
station (road or coastal)

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 D3 Opone

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hafun main or west side site (S side of peninsula) SOM

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Suggested citation:
D.T. Potts, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Opone: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39403> [accessed: 22 July 2019]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39403 |title=Places: 39403 (Opone) |author=Potts, D. |accessdate=July 22, 2019 2:39 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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