Heraclea ad Latmum/Pleistarcheia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Chris de Lisle
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History
A town of Caria located 25 km east of Miletos on the Ionian coast, Heraclea was located on the lower slopes of Mt. Latmos. Once a part of the Delian League, the city fell to Mausolos in the fourth century B.C. and his philhellene policy accounts for its change of name.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599640
37.501842, 27.525011
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Heraclea ad Latmum (550 BC - AD 640)
- Ἡράκλεια ἡ ὑπὸ Λάτμῳ (Herakleia he upo Latmo: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Pleistarcheia (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Heraclea ad Latmum/Pleistarcheia located in Caria (region) (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea ad Latmum/Pleistarcheia member of Delian League (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea ad Latmum/Pleistarcheia succeeds Latmos (330 BC - AD 300)
- Ionopolitikos/Latmikos Sinus connection Heraclea ad Latmum/Pleistarcheia (unspecified date range)
- Miletus isopoliteia Heraclea ad Latmum/Pleistarcheia (330 BC - 30 BC)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 F2 Heraclea ad Latmum/Pleistarcheia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kapıkırı
C. Foss, G. Reger, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Chris de Lisle, 'Heraclea ad Latmum/Pleistarcheia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599640> [accessed: 26 April 2025]
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