Aianteion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: E.N. Borza Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Oct 11, 2024 08:07 PM
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History
Aianteion was a port town in the Troad located near the putative Tomb of Ajax, with which it shared a name.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501334
39.9815943, 26.2370257
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Kumkale (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Aianteion (30 BC - AD 640)
- Aianteion part of (regional) Troas (region) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, port, settlement-modern
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 G5 Aianteion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kumkale TKY
Cook 1973 87 argues for the placement of a Roman harbor town by the name of Aianteion, although argues against a Greek precursor in the same location as the territory would have, at the point, belonged to Rhoeteum.
E.N. Borza, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, and Tom Elliott, 'Aianteion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501334> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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