Propontis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jan 26, 2026 09:45 AM
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511381
40.6666672, 28.2499999
- Representative Locations:
- representative location for Propontis (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Propontis (Latin, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Sea of Marmara (English, modern)
- Propontis bounds Mysia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Propontis communicates with Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- (T)Erebinthodes (island) located in Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Acanthus (island) located in Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Besbikos (island) located in Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Bosphorus connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Chalkitis/Demonnesos (island) connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Granicus (river) connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Hellespont (strait) communicates with Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Ioulianou/Sophias Limen connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Limen to Kaisareiou located on Propontis (AD 300 - AD 1453)
- Megale/Pityodes/Prinkipos Ins. connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Metropolis (near Priapus) located south of Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Ophiussa (island) located in Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Parium/Col. Gemella Iulia *Hadriana located near Propontis (1200 BC - AD 1453)
- Proconnesus (island) connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Prota (island) connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Prusias ad Mare/Kios connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Rhodussae (islands) connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Rhyndakos (river) flows into Propontis (unspecified date range)
- [Antigoneia] (island) connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
water, open
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 52 C3 Propontis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Marmara Denizi
C. Foss, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Propontis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511381> [accessed: 15 May 2026]
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