Zarotis (river)

a Pleiades place resource

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A river of Susiana that flows into the Persian Gulf.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/483539520

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- flumen Zarotis (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Zarotis (river) makes connections with:

None

Zarotis (river) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
river, drainage

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 6.99.7

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The flumen Zarotis may be the same as the river called Or(o)atis, which is named elsewhere in Pliny's text.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Zarotis (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/483539520> [accessed: 15 January 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/483539520 |title=Places: 483539520 (Zarotis (river)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=January 15, 2026 7:08 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}