Emporion

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small

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

Last modified Jan 28, 2024 01:56 PM — History

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

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 C5 Emporion

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452323

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.487328, 15.976366

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6920 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἐμπόριον (Emporion: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Medma (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Emporion makes connections with:

Emporion port of Medma (unspecified date range)

Emporion receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 6.1.5

See Further:

Related:

TM GEO ID 50355: Emporion

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 46 C5 Emporion

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: port of Medma

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Suggested citation:
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Emporion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452323> [accessed: 14 May 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452323 |title=Places: 452323 (Emporion) |author=Edlund Berry, I., A. Small |accessdate=May 14, 2025 3:20 am |publisher=Pleiades}}