Rogous
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.M. Murray Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: W.M. Murray Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 13, 2023 05:04 PM
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History
A fortified acropolis known as Kastro Rogon and located near modern Nea Karasounta in Epirus, Greece has been identified as the likely site of ancient Bouchetion, a colony of Elis.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530822
39.156402454, 20.8469954512
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Κάστρο Ρωγών (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Less than certain: Bouchaition (Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Boucheta (Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Βουχέτιον (Bouchetion: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Boucheton (Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Κάστρο Ρωγών (Kastro Rogon: Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Kastro de Rogous (French, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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- Νέα Κερασούντα (Nea Kerasounta: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Nea Kerasous (Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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fort, settlement, acropolis
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C3 Bouchetion?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Rogous
W.M. Murray, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Rogous: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530822> [accessed: 04 April 2025]
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