Sangarius (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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The Sangarius river (modern Sakarya) is the third longest river in Asia Minor and flows through ancient Phrygia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511406
40.0087486817, 31.0841221091
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Sakarya River (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Nehr-i Ṣaḳarya (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Sakarya (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Sakarya Nehri (Turkish, 1450 BC - AD 2000)
- Sangarios (unspecified date range)
- Sangarius (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Σαγγάριος (Sangários: Ancient Greek, 1750 BC - AD 1450)
- Šaḫirija (Hittite, 1450 BC - 1200 BC)
- Sangarius (river) connection Adoreus (mountain) (unspecified date range)
- Sangarius (river) connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Gordion/Vindia? connection Sangarius (river) (unspecified date range)
- Iustiniani Pons located on Sangarius (river) (unspecified date range)
- Mariandynoi connection Sangarius (river) (unspecified date range)
- Pazon located near Sangarius (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tautaendia connection Sangarius (river) (unspecified date range)
- Unnamed bridge located on Sangarius (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 52 G3 Sangarius fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sakarya
C. Foss, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Sangarius (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511406> [accessed: 15 March 2026]
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