Ancyra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S. Mitchell
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
An ancient settlement and later fortified settlement that served as the seat of the koinon of Galatia and capital of the subsequent Roman province. Modern Ankara in Turkey.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619103
39.9437925, 32.859333
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 3127 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Ancyra (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Angora (Ancient Greek, AD 1683 - AD 1918)
- Angūriya (Modern Persian, AD 1077 - AD 1307)
- Angūriyah (AD 1081 - AD 1204)
- Ankara (Turkish, modern)
- Ankara Z.A. (Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Ἄγκυρα (Ankyra: Ancient Greek, 1200 BC - AD 1450)
- Ankūriya (AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- Ankūrīye (Modern Persian, AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- Anqara (AD 1453 - AD 1683)
- Anqara (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 1335)
- Anqīra (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 650 - AD 940)
- Anḳara (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1453 - AD 1918)
- Engürü (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1683)
- Sebastē Tektosagōn (Ancient Greek, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Ancyra capital of Galatia (330 BC - AD 300)
- Ancyra capital of Tectosages (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Column of Julian located at Ancyra (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Augustus and Rome (Ankara) located at Ancyra (unspecified date range)
- Trikomia 3 located near Ancyra (unspecified date range)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 63 B1 Ancyra
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ankara
S. Mitchell, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ancyra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619103> [accessed: 25 March 2025]
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